Virtual Reality Neurorehabilitation for Mobility in Spinal Cord Injury: A Structured Review.

Elizabeth Yeo, Brian Chau, Bradley Chi, David E Ruckle, Phillip Ta

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readReview

In one paragraph

Review in Innovations in clinical neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06154122 (The Feasibility of Virtual Reality-Based Activities for Upper Limb Rehabilitation of People With Acute/Sub-Acute Tetraplegia), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it

1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

NCT06154122 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Feasibility of Virtual Reality-Based Activities for Upper Limb Rehabilitation of People With Acute/Sub-Acute Tetraplegia

TypeinterventionalSponsorGlasgow Caledonian UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled12ConditionsTetraplegia, Spinal Cord Injuries, Upper Extremity ParalysisArmsVirtual Reality Upper Limb Rehabilitation Games, Upper Limb Rehabilitation

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

Virtual Reality Systems for Upper Limb Motor Function Recovery in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020
Pooled it
Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Interventions on Neuropathic Pain in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of pain research · 2026
Review
Effects of Virtual Reality on Motor Function and Balance in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2025
Review
Virtual Reality as a Therapeutic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Evaluation and Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
Review
Rehabilitation to Improve Outcomes after Cervical Spine Surgery: Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
Review
Facial electromyogram-based facial gesture recognition for hands-free control of an AR/VR environment: optimal gesture set selection and validation of feasibility as an assistive technology.Biomedical engineering letters · 2023
Article
Novel Human-Centered Robotics: Towards an Automated Process for Neurorehabilitation.Neurology research international · 2021
Review
Is Virtual Reality Effective for Balance Recovery in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
Review
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Functional Performance after Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
Review

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth YeoMs. Yeo, Dr. Chau, Mr. Chi, and Dr. Ta are with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Health Department in Loma Linda, California.

Brian ChauMs. Yeo, Dr. Chau, Mr. Chi, and Dr. Ta are with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Health Department in Loma Linda, California.

Bradley ChiMs. Yeo, Dr. Chau, Mr. Chi, and Dr. Ta are with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Health Department in Loma Linda, California.

David E RuckleMs. Yeo, Dr. Chau, Mr. Chi, and Dr. Ta are with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Health Department in Loma Linda, California.

Phillip TaMs. Yeo, Dr. Chau, Mr. Chi, and Dr. Ta are with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Health Department in Loma Linda, California.

Loma Linda University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

augmented realitymobilityparaplegiaquadriplegiaspinal cord injurytetraplegiaVirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID31037223

PMCPMC6450679

OpenAlexW2981609418

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

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Registered trials

NCT06154122ClinicalTrials.gov

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.