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ArticleVirtual reality2022

Virtual reality for the assessment and rehabilitation of neglect: where are we now? A 6-year review update.

S Cavedoni, P Cipresso, V Mancuso, F Bruni, E Pedroli

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Article in Virtual reality, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07017140 (Immersive Functional Virtual Reality in People With Acquired Brain Injury and Unilateral Spatial Neglect), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07017140 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Immersive Functional Virtual Reality in People With Acquired Brain Injury and Unilateral Spatial Neglect: A Feasibility and Usability Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Vic - Central University of CataloniaRan2025 to 2029Enrolled30ConditionsAcquired Brain Injury Including Stroke, Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN), Stroke, Traumatic Brain InjuryArmsImmersive Functional Virtual Reality Intervention using a Head-Mounted Display System for Spatial Neglect Rehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S CavedoniApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2995-3855
P CipressoApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0662-7678
V MancusoFaculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4198-3723
F BruniFaculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9911-0573
E PedroliApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4012-262X
Università degli Studi eCampus · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) is a frequent repercussion of a cerebrovascular accident, typically a stroke. USN patients fail to orient their attention to the contralesional side to detect auditory, visual, and somatosensory stimuli, as well as to collect and purposely use this information. Traditional methods for USN assessment and rehabilitation include paper-and-pencil procedures, which address cognitive functions as isolated from other aspects of patients' functioning within a real-life context. This might compromise the ecological validity of these procedures and limit their generalizability; moreover, USN evaluation and treatment currently lacks a gold standard. The field of technology has provided several promising tools that have been integrated within the clinical practice; over the years, a "first wave" has promoted computerized methods, which cannot provide an ecological and realistic environment and tasks. Thus, a "second wave" has fostered the implementation of virtual reality (VR) devices that, with different degrees of immersiveness, induce a sense of presence and allow patients to actively interact within the life-like setting. The present paper provides an updated, comprehensive picture of VR devices in the assessment and rehabilitation of USN, building on the review of Pedroli et al. (2015). The present paper analyzes the methodological and technological aspects of the studies selected, considering the issue of usability and ecological validity of virtual environments and tasks. Despite the technological advancement, the studies in this field lack methodological rigor as well as a proper evaluation of VR usability and should improve the ecological validity of VR-based assessment and rehabilitation of USN.

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AssessmentNeglectRehabilitationTechnologyVirtual reality

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PMID35669614
PMCPMC9148943
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