ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Performance Evaluation of an Immersive Virtual Reality Application for Rehabilitation after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.
Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06482255 (Evidence of the Use of Virtual Reality Versus Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise in Rotator Cuff Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Evidence of the Use of Virtual Reality Versus Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise in Rotator Cuff Injury
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Rehabilitation Following Ultrasound-Guided Injection for Chronic Rotator Cuff Injury: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Virtual reality in shoulder rehabilitation and shoulder arthroplasty pathways: a narrative review of current evidence and clinical perspectives.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Tele-Rehabilitation and Tele-Diagnostics in Shoulder Disorders: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Digital and virtual reality-based rehabilitation versus conventional therapy for rotator cuff tears and post-repair recovery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Review
- Editorial: Biomechanics, Health, Disease and Rehabilitation.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Contactless Fatigue Level Diagnosis System Through Multimodal Sensor Data.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A pilot study for assessing NAO humanoid robot assistance in shoulder rehabilitation.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of shoulder rehabilitation in virtual environments. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of a custom virtual reality application (VR app) with a stereophotogrammetric system considered the gold standard. A custom VR app was designed considering the recommended rehabilitation exercises following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Following the setting of the play space, the user's arm length, and height, five healthy volunteers performed four levels of rehabilitative exercises. Results for the first and second rounds of flexion and abduction displayed low total mean absolute error values and low numbers of unmet conditions. In internal and external rotation, the number of times conditions were not met was slightly higher; this was attributed to a lack of isolated shoulder movement. Data is promising, and volunteers were able to reach goal conditions more often than not. Despite positive results, more literature comparing VR applications with gold-standard clinical parameters is necessary. Nevertheless, results contribute to a body of literature that continues to encourage the application of VR to shoulder rehabilitation programs.
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