ReviewCancers2022
Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Systems for Cancer Survivors: A Narrative Review of the Literature.
Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Emerging Technologies in Physiotherapy for Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of interventions and techniques on adherence to physiotherapy in adults: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Opportunities and challenges of virtual reality-based interventions for patients with breast cancer: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Pooled it
- The influence of virtual reality on anxiety and pain in breast cancer patients: A systematic review.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2026Review
- Telemedicine and Virtual Reality Technologies in Pain Management for Cancer Patients: A Structured Narrative Review.Current treatment options in oncology · 2026Review
- Validation Study on Movement Sonification of the Hand as a Rehabilitation Tool.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Telerehabilitation in Postoperative Breast Cancer Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of virtual reality-based exercise rehabilitation for enhancing functional outcomes and quality of life in adult cancer survivors: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Review
- Enhancing cancer-supportive care through virtual reality: a policy brief.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Current limitations in technology-based cognitive assessment for severe mental illnesses: a focus on feasibility, reliability, and ecological validity.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Telemedicine impact on patient disparities and physician practice patterns in cancer rehabilitation: A multicenter retrospective study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Qualitative Classification of Late Systemic Symptoms in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors.Cancers · 2024Article
- Cardio-oncology rehabilitation: are we ready?European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality-Based Exercise Rehabilitation in Cancer-Related Dysfunctions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Attraction and achievement as 2 attributes of gamification in healthcare: an evolutionary concept analysisJournal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2024Review
- Telemedicine in Care of Sarcoma Patients beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities.Cancers · 2023Review
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Rehabilitation plays a crucial role in cancer care, as the functioning of cancer survivors is frequently compromised by impairments that can result from the disease itself but also from the long-term sequelae of the treatment. Nevertheless, the current literature shows that only a minority of patients receive physical and/or cognitive rehabilitation. This lack of rehabilitative care is a consequence of many factors, one of which includes the transportation issues linked to disability that limit the patient's access to rehabilitation facilities. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has further shown the benefits of improving telemedicine and home-based rehabilitative interventions to facilitate the delivery of rehabilitation programs when attendance at healthcare facilities is an obstacle. In recent years, researchers have been investigating the benefits of the application of virtual reality to rehabilitation. Virtual reality is shown to improve adherence and training intensity through gamification, allow the replication of real-life scenarios, and stimulate patients in a multimodal manner. In our present work, we offer an overview of the present literature on virtual reality-implemented cancer rehabilitation. The existence of wide margins for technological development allows us to expect further improvements, but more randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm the hypothesis that VRR may improve adherence rates and facilitate telerehabilitation.
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