ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020
Is Virtual Reality Effective for Balance Recovery in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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 12 papers.
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The Feasibility of Virtual Reality-Based Activities for Upper Limb Rehabilitation of People With Acute/Sub-Acute Tetraplegia
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of immersive virtual reality training to improve sitting balance control among individuals with acute and sub-acute paraplegia: A randomized clinical trial.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Trial
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- Virtual reality rehabilitation to enhance functional recovery initiated from the acute phase following cervical cord injury: A case report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- 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 · 2026Review
- Virtual Reality for the Prevention and Cessation of Nicotine Vaping in Youths: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Psychological outcomes of extended reality interventions in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: a systematic scoping review.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- Virtual Reality as a Therapeutic Tool in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Evaluation and Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Improving Outcomes in People with Spinal Cord Injury: Encouraging Results from a Multidisciplinary Advanced Rehabilitation Pathway.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality in Clinical Nursing Practice Over the Past 10 Years: Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.JMIR serious games · 2023Review
- Do Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Benefit from Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality Cognitive Training? Preliminary Results from an Exploratory Study on an Underestimated Problem.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Electrical stimulation and virtual reality-guided balance training for managing paraplegia and trunk dysfunction due to spinal cord infarction.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- The Effect of Virtual Reality Exercise Program on Sitting Balance Ability of Spinal Cord Injury Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging tool used in the neurological rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), focused on recovering balance, mobility, and motor function, among other functional outcomes. The main objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of VR systems to recover balance in patients with SCI. The literature search was performed between October and December 2019 in the following databases: Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. The methodological quality of each study was assessed using the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence (SCIRE) system and the PEDro scale, while the risk of bias was analyzed by the Cochrane Collaboration's tool. A total of 12 studies, involving 188 participants, were included in the systematic review, of which two were included in the meta-analysis. Statistical analysis showed favorable results for balance measured by the modified Functional Reach Test (standardized mean difference (SMD) = 3.42; 95% confidence interval: 2.54 to 4.29) and by the t-shirt test (SMD= -2.29; 95% confidence interval: -3.00 to -1.59). The results showed that VR interventions provided potential benefits, in addition to conventional physical therapy, to recover balance in patients with SCI.
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