ReviewHeliyon2024
Virtual reality exergames for enhancing engagement in stroke rehabilitation: A narrative review.
Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Hardware and software design trends and considerations in gamified stroke rehabilitation: Results from a systematic review.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of virtual reality-based upper limb training on activity of daily living and quality of life among stroke survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Usability, Acceptability, and Feasibility of a Personalized Adaptive Mirror Therapy for Upper-Limb Poststroke Rehabilitation Using Immersive Virtual Reality and Myoelectric Control: Single-Arm Pre-Post Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Multimodal Evaluation of Mental Workload and Engagement in Upper-Limb Robot-Assisted Motor Tasks.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Short-Term Detection of Dynamic Stress Levels in Exergaming with Wearables.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Virtual Reality Exergaming in Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review and Clinician Roadmap.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Article
- Overground to omnidirectional: Spatiotemporal and muscle activation pattern adaptations across walking modalities, virtual reality, and pace constraints.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
- The Evolution of Vision Therapy Software and Its Impact on Vision Care - A Comprehensive Major Review.Romanian journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Digital monitoring of motor function in Parkinson's disease using Markerless motion analysis and exergaming.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
This narrative review focuses on upper-limb stroke rehabilitation and virtual reality (VR) exergaming interventions that seek to facilitate the rehabilitation process. We examine exergaming interventions from the perspective of diegesis ("narration"), an aspect often overlooked despite its significance in neuronal rehabilitation. The importance of diegesis and narrative engagement in rehabilitation exergames started becoming clear only recently, with findings in the field of neurology underscoring the impact of purpose-driven task engagement on neuroplasticity. We begin this review by examining various frameworks for stroke rehabilitation exergames and identifying the gaps in the existing literature. We continue with summarizing the literature on exergames in upper-limb stroke rehabilitation, emphasizing the contribution of diegesis on exercise motivation and engagement. Finally, we conclude this review by offering insights into the current state of research, along with future perspectives on the topic.
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