{"id":11139,"date":"2025-06-18T06:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg-drivesimsimulatorcom-y090425.kinsta.cloud\/?p=11139"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:02:14","slug":"simuladores-de-conduccion-neurorehabilitacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesimsimulator.com\/en\/simuladores-de-conduccion-neurorehabilitacion\/","title":{"rendered":"The second chance: how DRIVESIM driving simulators transform lives in the process of neurorehabilitation."},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena tightens her grip on the steering wheel, her gaze fixed on the virtual road. It has been eight months since the stroke that took away the fluidity of movement on her right side and, with it, her independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"I never thought I would drive again,<\/strong>\" he confesses as he carefully navigates a traffic circle in the\u00a0DRIVESIM driving simulator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The long road back to the steering wheel<\/h3>\n\n\n

In the words of our CEO, Carlos Arias<\/strong> Rodriguez<\/strong>Driving is a complex activity that requires motor coordination, sustained attention, visual processing and quick decision making\" and these are precisely the functions that are often affected after brain injuries or neurological disorders.
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At\u00a0DRIVESIM<\/strong>we have developed\u00a0driving simulators<\/strong>\u00a0specifically adapted for neurorehabilitation clinics, making us the first choice for\u00a0strategic allies of leading medical centers in Spain<\/strong>\u00a0and for some months now, we have been in talks with centers in other European countries.<\/p>\n

Elena's story is not unique. According to a 2023 study by the\u00a0Northwestern Memorial Hospital of Chicago<\/strong>the\u00a063% of patients with acquired brain injury consider recovery of driving skills<\/strong>\u00a0as one of its three main rehabilitation objectives.<\/p>\n

This is where simulation technology is changing the landscape.\u00a0Dr. Akinwuntan of Augusta University,<\/strong>\u00a0in their longitudinal study with 104 post-stroke patients published in the\u00a0Journal of Neurorehabilitation (2022)<\/strong>demonstrated that\u00a0those who received therapy with driving simulators were 41% more likely to regain their driving license than those with conventional therapy.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The science behind recovery<\/h3>\n

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The strength of the simulation lies in the fact that it faithfully recreates the demanding multitasking context of driving: it forces the patient to coordinate movements, process visual stimuli at high speed and make instant decisions, exactly the functions that are often compromised by brain damage.<\/p>\n

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Simulador de conducci\u00f3n de la Fundaci\u00f3n FIVAM<\/a> de Valencia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The science behind recovery<\/h3>\n

The impact goes beyond the numbers. A study by the\u00a0Kessler Foundation (2023) with 78 multiple sclerosis patients.<\/strong>\u00a0demonstrated that the\u00a0simulator training<\/strong>\u00a0not only\u00a0improved driving skills in a 37%<\/strong>but\u00a0reduced levels of anxiety and depression by 29%<\/strong>directly attributable to the recovery of autonomy.<\/p>\n

Witnessing how a patient who was convinced that he would never sit behind the wheel again drives away under his own power, with a smile of freedom on his face, produces an emotion so profound that no words can describe it.<\/p>\n

An investment in second chances<\/h3>\n

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Partner clinics report consistent results:<\/p>\n