ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2022
The Impact of Exercise and Virtual Reality Executive Function Training on Cognition Among Heavy Drinking Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03786276 (Effects of Active Virtual Reality Working Memory Retraining on Heavy Drinking Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Active Virtual Reality Working Memory Retraining on Heavy Drinking Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Physical Exercise Interventions on Behavioral, Executive Function, and Motor Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The study of the effect of virtual reality technology combined with sports games on improving cognitive function in patients with brain injury: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Brain changes: aerobic exercise for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Virtual Reality-Based Cue Exposure and Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Addiction biology · 2026Trial
- A Personalized and Smartphone-Based Serious Gaming App Targeting Cognitive Impairments in Alcohol Use Disorder: Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial Among Outpatients.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of a virtual reality-based cognitive training program on memory, executive functioning, and processing speed in individuals with substance use disorders: a quasi-experimental study.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Exploring Discussions About Virtual Reality on Twitter to Inform Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Content and Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Implications of Physical Activity in Reducing Alcohol Use for Women Veterans: A Narrative Review.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Review
- The conceptual basis of addiction memory, allostasis and dual processes, and the classical therapy of addiction.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2023Review
- Can Virtual Reality Cognitive Rehabilitation Improve Executive Functioning and Coping Strategies in Traumatic Brain Injury? A Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Executive function (EF) underlies self-control deficits in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cognitive training is a promising adjunctive treatment targeting TBI- and AUD- related cognitive dysfunction. However, major limitations related to compliance and generalizability in the field of cognitive training exist. Physical activity is associated with enhanced cognitive performance across several executive functions and may enhance the benefits of cognitive training. Virtual reality provides multisensory embodied experiences which are likely to engage brain networks more efficiently than standard cognitive training systems, ultimately resulting in greater near- and far-transfer effects. This pilot study aimed to obtain feasibility data and a preliminary assessment of an enriched virtual reality (VR) EF training (EFT) intervention combined with exercise (NCT03786276). Using an 8-week randomized adaptive design study, 30 AUD treatment seeking U.S. Veterans completed nine sessions of exercise-only ( Clinical Trial Registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT03786276.
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