INNOVATIVE NEURO REHABILITATION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH HIV-ENCEPHALOPATHY

Abstract

The chronic medical conditions in the pediatric population pose a range of potential cognitive and emotional - behavioral challenges not only to the child, but also to the family members and health care providers. Neurological sequels and neurocognitive disorders in infected children are due to static or progressive encephalopathy that influences different domains such as speech and language, memory, learning, information processing and motor functioning. This paper comprehensively reviews the issues of personal observations and carried out modern psycho-neurological investigations of 170 children infected with HIV . The necessity of using the innovative NIRVANA neurorehabilitation system based on immersing the patient into virtual reality and game motivation, which contributed to a significant improvement in motor and emotional disorders, was shown. Virtual reality (VR) shows perspectives for healthcare applications because it provides patients with an exciting, often interesting, approach to achieving the goal of increasing productivity. Also, a persistent tendency to improve the intellectual level and quality of life of physical and emotional activity.