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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Functional Performance after Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Amaranta De Miguel-Rubio, M Dolores Rubio, Alejandro Salazar, Rocio Camacho, David Lucena-Anton

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. 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 16 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Go Virtual to Get Real: Virtual Reality as a Resource for Spinal Cord Treatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amaranta De Miguel-RubioDepartment of Nursing, Pharmacology and Physiotherapy, University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
M Dolores RubioDepartment of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, University of Cordoba, 14007 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3480-9003
Alejandro SalazarDepartment of Statistics and Operational Research, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9567-462X
Rocio CamachoDepartment of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, University of Cordoba, 14007 Cordoba, Spain.
David Lucena-AntonDepartment of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2441-5342
University of Córdoba · ESUniversidad de Cádiz · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A spinal cord injury (SCI) usually results in a significant limitation in the functional outcomes, implying a challenge to the performance of activities of daily living. The main aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of virtual reality to improve functional performance in patients with SCI. The search was performed between October and December 2019 in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase. The methodological quality of the studies was evaluated through the PEDro scale, and the risk of bias was evaluated with the Cochrane collaboration's tool. Seven articles were included in this systematic review, and five of them in the meta-analysis. Statistical analysis showed favorable results for functional performance in control group performing conventional therapy, measured by the functional independence measure (standardized mean difference (SMD)= -0.70; 95% confidence interval: -1.25 to -0.15). Results were inconclusive for other outcomes. Most studies have not shown beneficial effects on functional performance compared with conventional physical therapy. The results obtained showed that virtual reality may not be more effective than conventional physical therapy in improving functional performance in patients with SCI.

Indexed as

functional performanceneurological rehabilitationphysical therapyquality of lifespinal cord injuriesvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID32630234
PMCPMC7408779
OpenAlexW3039340670

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