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ReviewPsychologica Belgica2021

The Use of the Term Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review and Commentary.

Hanne Huygelier, Emily Mattheus, Vero Vanden Abeele, Raymond van Ee, Céline R Gillebert

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Review in Psychologica Belgica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hanne HuygelierBrain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5177-1193
Emily MattheusBrain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Vero Vanden Abeelee-Media | Human-Computer Interaction, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-9579
Raymond van EeBrain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1134-8665
Céline R GillebertBrain and Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6686-7262

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) offers many opportunities for post-stroke rehabilitation. However, "VR" can refer to several types of computer-based rehabilitation systems. Since these systems may impact the feasibility and the efficacy of VR interventions, consistent terminology is important. In this study, we aimed to optimize the terminology for VR-based post-stroke rehabilitation by assessing whether and how review papers on this topic defined VR and what types of mixed reality systems were discussed. In addition, this review can inspire the use of consistent terminology for other researchers working with VR. We assessed the use of the term VR in review papers on post-stroke rehabilitation extracted from Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed. We also developed a taxonomy distinguishing 16 mixed reality systems based on three factors: immersive versus semi-immersive displays, the way in which real and virtual information is mixed, and the main input device. 64% of the included review papers (N = 121) explicitly defined VR and 33% of them described different subtypes of VR, with immersive and non-immersive VR as the most common distinction. The most frequently discussed input devices were motion-capture cameras and handheld devices, while regular 2D monitors were the most frequently mentioned output devices. Our analysis revealed that reviews on post-stroke VR rehabilitation did not or only broadly defined "VR" and did not focus on a specific system. Since the efficacy and feasibility of rehabilitation may depend on the specific system, we propose a new data-driven taxonomy to distinguish different systems, which is expected to facilitate communication amongst researchers and clinicians working with virtual reality.

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neurorehabilitationrehabilitationreviewstrokeVirtual reality

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PMID34131490
PMCPMC8176935

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