Immersive Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review

Immersive Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review

In recent years, next to conventional rehabilitation's techniques, new technologies have been applied in stroke rehabilitation. In this context, fully immersive virtual reality (FIVR) has showed interesting results thanks to the level of immersion of the subject in the illusional world, with th...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 3; p. 1712
Main Authors: Demeco, Andrea, Zola, Laura, Frizziero, Antonio, Martini, Chiara, Palumbo, Arrigo, Foresti, Ruben, Buccino, Giovanni, Costantino, Cosimo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01-02-2023
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Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Analysis
Brain damage
Cerebral palsy
Disability
Female
Gait
Heterogeneity
Humans
Immersive virtual reality
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple sclerosis
New technology
Parkinson's disease
Patients
Quality of life
Rehabilitation
Review
Sensors
Spinal cord injuries
Stroke
Stroke - therapy
Stroke patients
Stroke Rehabilitation - methods
Systematic review
Traumatic brain injury
Virtual communities
Virtual environments
Virtual Reality
stroke
rehabilitation
virtual reality
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Summary:In recent years, next to conventional rehabilitation's techniques, new technologies have been applied in stroke rehabilitation. In this context, fully immersive virtual reality (FIVR) has showed interesting results thanks to the level of immersion of the subject in the illusional world, with the feeling of being a real part of the virtual environment. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of FIVR in stroke rehabilitation. PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were screened up to November 2022 to identify eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Out of 4623, we included 12 RCTs involving post-acute and chronic stroke survivors, with a total of 350 patients (234 men and 115 women; mean age 58.36 years). High heterogeneity of the outcomes considered, the results showed that FIVR provides additional benefits, in comparison with standard rehabilitation. In particular, results showed an improvement in upper limb dexterity, gait performance and dynamic balance, influencing patient independence. Therefore, FIVR represents an adaptable, multi-faceted rehabilitation tool that can be considered in post-stroke rehabilitation, improving the compliance of the patients to the treatment and increasing the level of functioning and quality of life of stroke survivors.
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ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s23031712