ArticleScientific reports2022
Impact of virtual embodiment and exercises on functional ability and range of motion in orthopedic rehabilitation.
Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05921747 (The Impact of Innovative Technology Strategies on Implementing Exercise Programs Using Fully Immersive Virtual Reality for Postpartum Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of Innovative Technology Strategies on Implementing Exercise Programs Using Fully Immersive Virtual Reality for Postpartum Women
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Technologies to Promote Exercise in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Decreased kinesiophobia with virtual embodiment for post-surgical knee rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Trial
- Virtual Reality for Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews.Health science reports · 2025Review
- The role of virtual reality in breast cancer survivors: A scoping review.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Virtual body continuity during action observation affects motor cortical excitability.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Immersive Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Its Efficacy in Upper Limb Recovery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Rehabilitation Technologies by Integrating Exoskeletons, Aquatic Therapy, and Quantum Computing for Enhanced Patient Outcomes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Immersive virtual reality for learning exoskeleton-like virtual walking: a feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Immersive virtual reality in orthopaedics-a narrative review.International orthopaedics · 2024Review
- Sensorimotor Uncertainty of Immersive Virtual Reality Environments for People in Pain: Scoping Review.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Virtual embodiment for improving range of motion in patients with movement-related shoulder pain: an experimental study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Comparison of Smoothness, Movement Speed and Trajectory during Reaching Movements in Real and Virtual Spaces Using a Head-Mounted Display.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring the efficacy of virtual reality-based rehabilitation in stroke: a narrative review of current evidence.Annals of medicine · 2023Review
- Virtual self-conversation using motivational interviewing techniques to promote healthy eating and physical activity: A usability study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Neurorehabilitation of the upper extremity - immersive virtual reality vs. electromechanically assisted training. A comparative study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Rapid Synthesis of the Literature on the Evolution of Gamification in Distal Radial Fracture Rehabilitation.Cureus · 2022Review
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Abstract
Recent evidence supports the use of immersive virtual reality (immersive VR) as a means of applying visual feedback techniques in neurorehabilitation. In this study, we investigated the benefits of an embodiment-based immersive VR training program for orthopedic upper limb rehabilitation, with the aim of improving the motor functional ability of the arm and accelerating the rehabilitation process in patients with a conservatively managed distal radius fracture. We designed a rehabilitation program based on developing ownership over a virtual arm and then exercising it in immersive VR. We carried out a between 3-group controlled trial with 54 patients (mean age = 61.80 ± 14.18): 20 patients were assigned to the experimental training group (immersive VR), 20 to the conventional digit mobilization (CDM) training control group, and 14 to a non-immersive (non-immersive VR) training control group. We found that functional recovery of the arm in the immersive VR group was correlated with the ownership and agency scores over the virtual arm. We also found larger range of joint movements and lower disability of the fractured arm compared with patients in the Non-immersive VR and CDM groups. Feeling embodied in a virtual body can be used as a rehabilitation tool to speed up and improve motor functional recovery of a fractured arm after the immobilization period.
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