New Nature Medicine Paper: Stanisa Raspopovic's "MultiSensy" Platform for Stroke Rehabilitation
Stanisa Raspopovic (Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, MedUni Wien) and colleagues have published a randomized feasibility trial in Nature Medicine introducing "MultiSensy", a rehabilitation platform for patients with arm and hand impairments following a stroke, which combines immersive virtual reality with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. The system turns rehabilitation exercises into interactive virtual tasks designed to train specific arm and hand functions, including reaching, grasping, pinching, and forearm rotation, while electrodes stimulate nerves in real time so participants can feel virtual objects as if touching them physically.
In chronic-phase stroke patients, the approach provides early clinical evidence that immersive virtual reality combined with sensory nerve stimulation can support recovery even months after the event, opening a promising perspective for future personalised and potentially home-based stroke rehabilitation.
Aurucci, G.V., Djordjevic, O., Cimolato, A. et al.Immersive virtual reality with synchronous neurostimulation for upper-limb recovery after stroke: a randomized feasibility trial. Nat Med(2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04486-4