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Happy Valley™ – Physical & Cognitive Rehabilitation
Support your patients’ physical and cognitive rehabilitation in Happy Valley where they are immersed in a world of friendly penguin villagers. Patients, standing or seated, engage in a wide variety of therapeutic activities such as growing vegetables, placing birds in nests, and piloting hot air balloons.
Visits to Happy Valley are not only designed to help patients with physical or occupational therapy, but they also offer a sense of wonder and respite from the difficulties of daily realities.
Impairments Supported by Virtual Reality
- Mobility of Joints/Range of Motion(ROM)
- Endurance and Strength
- Cervical Range of Motion
- Postural Control and Stability
- Muscle Endurance
- Balance
- Visuospatial Awareness
- Control of Voluntary Movement Functions
- Musculoskeletal Skills
- Attention
- Short Term Memory
- Sequencing Skills
Physical & Cognitive Rehabilitation Activities
Patient progress is rewarded with a “build out” of three Happy Valley locations. As patients complete activities, stamps are added to a card. Patients use each filled stamp card to construct a new building for the penguins of Happy Valley. Cards fill with stamps when patients complete three activities or when the session ends.
Hide and Seek™
Use for sensory distraction during setup. Familiarize patient with a virtual environment and the device itself. Record cervical spine range of motion (ROM) or identify a midline shift.
Sunrise™ Activities
Use Sunrise Activities to exercise symmetrical seated shoulder, knee or hip flexion and encourage postural alignment. Activities offer a friendly visual dialogue between the patient and an expressive sun, giving real-time biofeedback with a range of expressions and reflective positioning.
Bird Forest™ Activities
Use functional movement patterns to help strengthen the upper extremities by helping birds return to their home nests.
Hot Air Balloon™ Activities
Practice core control and strengthening, dynamic balance and hip flexion to help penguins guide hot air balloons.
Sports Park™ Activities
Engage the upper and lower extremities in a variety of interactive sports parks designed to build strength and endurance.
Catch & Glow™
Designed to exercise cervical proprioception and range of motion, the patient controls a small penguin with their head movement to catch fireflies that appear in a specific pattern.
Creative Canvas™ Activities
Use functional reach and trunk control to strengthen the upper and lower arm ROM to create artistic compositions.
Mad Tavern™
Patient visually scans a bustling tavern to trigger a series of short stories. This activity helps promote cervical ROM, visual processing skills, and cognitive aspects for focus and attention.
Procedural and operative techniques and considerations are illustrative examples from healthcare provider experience. Healthcare providers’ treatment and technique decisions will vary based on their medical judgment. Individual results may vary depending on patient-specific attributes and other factors.
Caution: Federal (USA) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a healthcare provider. Prior to use, please refer to the Instructions for Use (IFU) for complete product indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, potential adverse events, and detailed instructions for use. Please click here for the complete IFU. Please contact your REAL Care Specialist for more information.
Copyright ©2022–2023 Penumbra, Inc. All rights reserved. The REAL Hero logo, REAL, Happy Valley logo, Happy Valley, Hide and Seek, Sunrise, Bird Forest, Hot Air Balloon, Sports Park, Catch & Glow, Creative Canvas, and Mad Tavern are registered trademarks or trademarks of Penumbra, Inc. in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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