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ReviewBioelectronic medicine2024

Virtual reality in stroke recovery: a meta-review of systematic reviews.

Ammar Khan, Yahia Z Imam, Mohamed Muneer, Salman Al Jerdi, Sumanjit K Gill

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Review in Bioelectronic medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ammar KhanWeill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar. aak4001@qatar-med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6809-8671
Yahia Z ImamWeill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar.
Mohamed MuneerWeill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar.
Salman Al JerdiWeill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar.
Sumanjit K GillUCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK. s.gill@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVirtual Reality (VR) is an emerging technology in post stroke recovery. However, its precise role in stroke rehabilitation is not well defined. The aim of this paper is to conduct an overview of systematic reviews on the role of VR in stroke rehabilitation.

methodsA meta-review with results from a search of 7 databases from inception till 5

resultsEvidence from high-quality systematic reviews suggests that there is benefit from VR in upper limb, lower limb, gait, and balance recovery particularly when additive to conventional therapy. There is also limited evidence to suggest that VR has a positive effect in those with impaired cognition.

conclusionVR is safe and effective as an adjunct to conventional therapy for adults after stroke and should be used routinely for upper and lower limb motor recovery. Further high-quality studies that evaluate its efficacy and explore ways to increase its positive impact in areas such as cognition are required. There is also a scope for the development of stroke-specific virtual environments. (PROSPERO registration # CRD42022372926).

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RehabilitationStroke recoverySystematic reviewsVirtual reality

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PMID39367480
PMCPMC11452980

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