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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Effects of Virtual Reality in the Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.

Juan Rodríguez-Mansilla, Celia Bedmar-Vargas, Elisa María Garrido-Ardila, Silvia Teresa Torres-Piles, Blanca González-Sánchez, María Trinidad Rodríguez-Domínguez, María Valle Ramírez-Durán, María Jiménez-Palomares

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan Rodríguez-MansillaADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Medicine Faculty and Health Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1734-1496
Celia Bedmar-VargasBedmar Physiotherapy, Health and Movement Centre, 31006 Pamplona, Spain.
Elisa María Garrido-ArdilaADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Medicine Faculty and Health Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4403-3029
Silvia Teresa Torres-PilesResearch Group in Immunophysiology, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.
Blanca González-SánchezADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Medicine Faculty and Health Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4120-9583
María Trinidad Rodríguez-DomínguezRobolab Research Group, Medical and Surgical Therapy Department, Nursing and Occupational Therapy Faculty, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain.
María Valle Ramírez-DuránDepartment of Nursing, University Centre of Plasencia, University of Extremadura, 10600 Plasencia, Spain.
María Jiménez-PalomaresADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Medicine Faculty and Health Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6438-0626
Universidad de Extremadura · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParkinson's disease is characterised by the loss of balance and the presence of walking difficulties. The inclusion of rehabilitation therapies to complement pharmacological therapy allows for comprehensive management of the disease. In recent years, virtual reality has been gaining importance in the treatment of neurological diseases and their associated symptoms. Therefore, the objective of this systematic review was to analyse the effectiveness of virtual reality on balance and gait in patients with Parkinson's disease.

methodsThis study is a systematic review conducted following PRISMA's statements. An electronic search of the literature was carried out in the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane, Dialnet, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Science Direct PEDro. The inclusion criteria were controlled and non-controlled clinical trials published in the last 12 years in English or Spanish, in which virtual reality was applied to treat balance and gait impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease.

results20 studies were finally included in this review. A total of 480 patients participated in the included studies. All patients were diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Most of the investigations used the Nintendo Wii + Balance Board or the Microsoft Kinect TM combined with the Kinect Adventures games as a virtual reality device.

conclusionsAccording to the results of this literature review, virtual reality-based interventions achieve good adherence to treatment, bring innovation and motivation to rehabilitation, and provide feedback as well as cognitive and sensory stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease. Therefore, virtual reality can be considered an alternative for personalised rehabilitation and for home treatment.

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balancegaitParkinson’s diseasevirtual reality

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PMID37568298
PMCPMC10419374
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