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Trial reportMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2016

Virtual Reality Reflection Therapy Improves Balance and Gait in Patients with Chronic Stroke: Randomized Controlled Trials.

Taesung In, Kyeongjin Lee, Changho Song

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04820777 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effects Of Perturbation Based Balance Training in Reactive Balance Control Among Chronic Stroke Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2020 to 2020Enrolled25ConditionsStrokeArmsperturbation training, Conventional' balance training
NCT05411653 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Combined Effects of Xbox Kinect Virtual Reality and Motor Imagery on Lower Limb Function, Dynamic Balance and Gait in Chronic Stroke Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled26ConditionsStrokeArmsVirtual reality training with motor imagery, Conventional physical therapy
NCT05425212 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Kinesio Taping Along With Functional Activation Pattern on Gait Parameters and Dynamic Balance in Stroke Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2022 to 2022Enrolled16ConditionsStrokeArmsFunctional activation with kinesio tapping, Conventional physical therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Efficacy of digital health technologies as adjunctive functional training in occupational therapy for stroke rehabilitation: a meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  13. Mirror therapy for improving motor function after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  14. Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taesung InDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea.
Kyeongjin LeeDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea.
Changho SongDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea.
Sahmyook University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Virtual reality reflection therapy (VRRT) is a technically enhanced version of the mirror therapy concept. The aim of this study was to investigate whether VRRT could improve the postural balance and gait ability of patients with chronic stroke. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-five patients with chronic stroke were randomly allocated into the VRRT group (n=13) and the control group (n=12). The participants in both groups performed a conventional rehabilitation program for 30 minutes. The VRRT group also performed a VRRT program for 30 minutes, five times a week for 4 weeks. The control group performed conventional rehabilitation program and a placebo VRRT program. Outcome measures included Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Functional Reaching Test (FRT), and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test (for dynamic balance ability), postural sway (for static balance ability), and 10 meter walking velocity (10 mWV) for gait ability. RESULTS There were statistically significant improvements in the VRRT group compared with the control group for BBS, FRT, TUG, postural sway (mediolateral sway distance with eyes open and eyes closed, anteroposterior and total sway distance with eyes open but not with eyes closed), and 10 mWV (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Applying VRRT (even as a home treatment) along with a conventional rehabilitation program for patients with chronic stroke might be even more beneficial than conventional rehabilitation program alone in improving affected lower limb function. Future studies should investigate the effectiveness of VRRT with optimal patient selection, and duration and intensity of training.

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AgedChronic DiseaseExercise TherapyFemaleGaitHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPostural BalanceStrokeStroke RehabilitationVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyWalking

Identifiers

PMID27791207
PMCPMC5098932
OpenAlexW2541307555

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