Call for papers - Virtual rehabilitation

Guest Editor

John Edison Muñoz Cardona, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 20 December 2025

BMC Biomedical Engineering is calling for submissions to our Collection on Virtual rehabilitation, showcasing advancements that leverage virtual reality technologies to improve recovery and functional outcomes across a wide range of neurological, musculoskeletal, and other health conditions. We welcome innovative solutions that integrate physiological sensors (e.g., EMG, EEG) with virtual rehabilitation technologies to provide real-time feedback, monitor patient progress, and enable personalized therapy.

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Meet the Guest Editor

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John Edison Muñoz Cardona, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Dr Muñoz is a researcher specializing in human-computer interaction, virtual rehabilitation, and physiological computing, with a focus on exercise promotion and rehabilitation. His work integrates advanced technologies, such as virtual reality, wearable physiological sensing and social robots to develop innovative, patient-centred rehabilitation tools, including games and simulations. Dr Muñoz has published extensively on topics including games for health, adaptive systems, and personalized rehabilitation approaches following user-centred design methods to improve recovery outcomes. His interdisciplinary collaborations with clinicians, exercise therapists, game developers and engineers aim to translate cutting-edge research into practical healthcare solutions.

About the Collection

BMC Biomedical Engineering is calling for submissions to our Collection on Virtual rehabilitation, showcasing advancements that leverage virtual reality technologies to improve recovery and functional outcomes across a wide range of neurological, musculoskeletal, and other health conditions.

We welcome innovative solutions that integrate physiological sensors (e.g., EMG, EEG) with virtual rehabilitation technologies to provide real-time feedback, monitor patient progress, and enable personalized therapy. Submissions focusing on biomechanical approaches to movement analysis and optimization are also encouraged, as well as studies on robotic systems complementing virtual rehabilitation, including exoskeletons, robotic-assisted therapies, and social robots, designed to enhance recovery and patient engagement.

Research incorporating wearable devices for continuous monitoring and training during virtual rehabilitation in clinical and home-based settings is particularly relevant. Additionally, we seek contributions exploring mixed reality technologies (virtual reality and augmented reality) that offer immersive, interactive environments to engage patients and improve rehabilitation outcomes.

This collection seeks to highlight interdisciplinary research advancing the development of innovative, accessible, and effective virtual rehabilitation technologies, providing new insights into the use of biomedical engineering to enhance patient care.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Virtual rehabilitation" from the dropdown menu.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.