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ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2020

Virtual reality in research and rehabilitation of gait and balance in Parkinson disease.

Colleen G Canning, Natalie E Allen, Evelien Nackaerts, Serene S Paul, Alice Nieuwboer, Moran Gilat

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05769972 (Randomized, Single-blind Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation Using Inmersive Virtual Reality and Computer-based Cognitive Stimulation Versus Music Therapy on Cognitive Impairment Associated With Movement Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 93 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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93citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
17.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05769972 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Randomized, Single-blind Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation Using Inmersive Virtual Reality and Computer-based Cognitive Stimulation Versus Music Therapy on Cognitive Impairment Associated With Movement Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorFundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant PauRan2021 to 2023Enrolled64ConditionsParkinson Disease, Huntington DiseaseArmsImmersive Virtual Reality (Parkinson's disease), Computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (Parkinson's disease), Computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (Huntington's disease), Music-therapy (Huntington's disease)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond motor: a systematic review of multisensory integration deficits in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  9. The barriers and facilitators to satisfaction with botulinum neurotoxin treatment in people with cervical dystonia: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  10. Interventions for preventing falls in Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Colleen G CanningDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. colleen.canning@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-0505
Natalie E AllenDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3583-8113
Evelien NackaertsResearch Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Serene S PaulDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Alice NieuwboerResearch Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Moran GilatResearch Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0072-4637
KU Leuven · BEThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool for studying and rehabilitating gait and balance impairments in people with Parkinson disease (PD) as it allows users to be engaged in an enriched and highly individualized complex environment. This Review examines the rationale and evidence for using VR in the assessment and rehabilitation of people with PD, makes recommendations for future research and discusses the use of VR in the clinic. In the assessment of people with PD, VR has been used to manipulate environments to enhance study of the behavioural and neural underpinnings of gait and balance, improving understanding of the motor-cognitive neural circuitry involved. Despite suggestions that VR can provide rehabilitation that is more effective and less labour intensive than non-VR rehabilitation, little evidence exists to date to support these claims. Nevertheless, much unrealized potential exists for the use of VR to provide personalized assessment and rehabilitation that optimizes motor learning in both the clinic and home environments and adapts to changes in individuals over time. Design of such systems will require collaboration between all stakeholders to maximize useability, engagement, safety and effectiveness.

Indexed as

Home EnvironmentBiomedical ResearchExercise TestGaitHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingParkinson DiseasePostural BalanceVirtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Identifiers

PMID32591756
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