RT Journal Article
T1 Head-mounted display for clinical evaluation of neck movement validation with Meta Quest 2
A1 Trinidad-Fernández, Manuel
A1 Bossavit, Benoit
A1 Salgado-Fernández, Javier
A1 Abbate-Chica, Susana
A1 Fernández-Leiva, Antonio José
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
K1 Cuello -- Lesiones y heridas -- Diagnóstico
K1 Realidad virtual --  Uso en diagnóstico
K1 Rehabilitacion
AB Neck disorders have a significant impact on people because of their high incidence. The head-mounted display (HMD) systems, such as Meta Quest 2, grant access to immersive virtual reality (iRV) experiences. This study aims to validate the Meta Quest 2 HMD system as an alternative for screening neck movement in healthy people. The device provides data about the position and orientation of the head and, thus, the neck mobility around the three anatomical axes. The authors develop a VR application that solicits participants to perform six neck movements (rotation, flexion, and lateralization on both sides), which allows the collection of corresponding angles. An InertiaCube3 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is also attached to the HMD to compare the criterion to a standard. The mean absolute error (MAE), the percentage of error (%MAE), and the criterion validity and agreement are calculated. The study shows that the average absolute errors do not exceed 1° (average = 0.48 ± 0.09°). The rotational movement’s average %MAE is 1.61 ± 0.82%. The head orientations obtain a correlation between 0.70 and 0.96. The Bland–Altman study reveals good agreement between the HMD and IMU systems. Overall, the study shows that the angles provided by the Meta Quest 2 HMD system are valid to calculate the rotational angles of the neck in each of the three axes. The obtained results demonstrate an acceptable error percentage and a very minimal absolute error when measuring the degrees of neck rotation; therefore, the sensor can be used for screening neck disorders in healthy people
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-13
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26774
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26774
LA eng
NO Trinidad-Fernández M, Bossavit B, Salgado-Fernández J, Abbate-Chica S, Fernández-Leiva AJ, Cuesta-Vargas AI. Head-Mounted Display for Clinical Evaluation of Neck Movement Validation with Meta Quest 2. Sensors. 2023; 23(6):3077. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23063077
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026