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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Virtual and Augmented Reality for Chronic Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis.

Theodora Plavoukou, Pantelis Staktopoulos, Georgios Papagiannis, Dimitrios Stasinopoulos, George Georgoudis

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07630350 (Use of Virtual Reality in Outpatient Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain of Head, Neck and Upper Extremity), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07630350 naenrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Use of Virtual Reality in Outpatient Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain of Head, Neck and Upper Extremity

TypeinterventionalSponsorElizabeth PickleRan2026 to 2027Enrolled20ConditionsChronic Pain ManagementArmsVirtual reality gaming, Physical therapy exercises
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Theodora PlavoukouLaboratory of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Egaleo Campus, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0008-1947-6689
Pantelis StaktopoulosLaboratory of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Egaleo Campus, 12243 Athens, Greece.
Georgios PapagiannisBiomechanics Laboratory, Physiotherapy Department, University of the Peloponnese, 23100 Sparta, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2846-1031
Dimitrios StasinopoulosLaboratory of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Egaleo Campus, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8498-9343
George GeorgoudisDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3274-8251

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

augmented realitychronic painexergamingmeta-analysismusculoskeletal disordersphysiotherapyrehabilitationvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID40722437
PMCPMC12292062

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