Virtual Occupational Therapy Application (VOTA) Major Release and Initiation of Clinical Trials

Posted on February 28, 2016 in Research Updates

VOTA is virtual world-based software that enables a stroke patient to practice activities of daily living using only a computer and a Microsoft Kinect sensor. February 3, 2016 marked the first major release of the VOTA software and initiation of clinical trials with stroke patients at a rehabilitation hospital. At the time of this release, the 16 month VOTA software development effort had comprised 7023 software commits, 2113 individual tickets (tasks/enhancements/bugs) addressed, and 507 tracked revisions over the course of the development history. Ongoing testing involves up to 29 stroke survivors who employ the system over an 8-week course of therapy (3 sessions per week).