ReviewBiomedicines2022
The Arrival of the Metaverse in Neurorehabilitation: Fact, Fake or Vision?
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Topical Cellular/Tissue and Molecular Aspects Regarding Nonpharmacological Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Metaverse-Related and Immersive Digital Technologies in Neurorehabilitation: A Scoping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Review
- Prediction of Clinically Significant Improvements During the Interdisciplinary Intensive Outpatient Program for Traumatic Brain Injury Using Machine Learning.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- A machine-learning-based osteoporosis screening tool integrating the Shapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) method: model development and validation study.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- The Effect of Immersion Technology on the Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2025Article
- Advancing Rehabilitation Medicine with the Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- MetaRehabVerse: The Great Opportunity to Put the Person's Functioning and Participation at the Center of Healthcare.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2025Review
- Feasibility and user experience of augmented reality psychoeducation and mindfulness body scan for chronic low back pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The application of metaverse in mental health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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- Metaverse in Mental Health: The Beginning of a Long History.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Public effect of the 2022 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign delivered through a metaverse platform.Annals of coloproctology · 2024Article
- Clinical evaluation of augmented reality-based 3D navigation system for brachial plexus tumor surgery.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Michelangelo Effect in Virtual Sculpturing: Prospective for Motor Neurorehabilitation in the Metaverse.Journal of cognition · 2024Article
- Effects of Virtual Reality Cognitive Training on Neuroplasticity: A Quasi-Randomized Clinical Trial in Patients with Stroke.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Virtual reality and motor imagery for early post-stroke rehabilitation.Biomedical engineering online · 2023Article
- [New perspectives in orthopedics : Developments through neurotechnology and metaverse].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Development and Effectiveness Verification of Metaverse Cognitive Therapy Contents for MCI Patients.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The metaverse is a new technology thought to provide a deeper, persistent, immersive 3D experience combining multiple different virtual approaches in a full continuum of physical-digital interaction spaces. Different from virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the metaverse has a service-oriented solid model with an emphasis on social and content dimensions. It has widely been demonstrated that motor or cognitive deficits can be more effectively treated using VR/AR tools, but there are several issues that limit the real potential of immersive technologies applied to neurological patients. In this scoping review, we propose future research directions for applying technologies extracted from the metaverse in clinical neurorehabilitation. The multisensorial properties of the metaverse will boost the embodied cognition experience, thus influencing the internal body representations as well as learning strategies. Moreover, the immersive social environment shared with other patients will contribute to recovering social and psychoemotional abilities. In addition to the many potential pros, we will also discuss the cons, providing readers with the available information to better understand the complexity and limitations of the metaverse, which could be considered the future of neurorehabilitation.
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