SynthesisFrontiers in public health2025
Effect of virtual reality-based training on postural balance in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of virtual reality interventions on motor skills in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of virtual reality-based balance training in primary school children: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Neurosensory Integration and Balance Adaptation: Personalization of Postural Control Through the Prism of Individual Spatial Perception.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Purpose: Virtual reality, an emerging rehabilitation technology, is increasingly used to improve postural balance in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. This review evaluated the effectiveness of virtual reality interventions for improving postural balance in this population based on randomized controlled trials. Materials and methods: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, and Wanfang were systematically searched from database inception through November 6, 2025, for English- and Chinese-language randomized controlled trials examining virtual reality-based interventions on objective measures of postural balance in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. Methodological quality was evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool, and the certainty of evidence was appraised according to the GRADE approach. Pooled standardized mean differences with 95% confidence intervals were computed using the meta package in R (version 4.5.1), and heterogeneity, subgroup, and leave-one-out sensitivity analyses were performed. Results: Ten RCTs involving 372 participants were included. Meta-analysis demonstrated that virtual reality-based interventions were associated with statistically significant improvements in postural balance compared with control conditions (SMD = 0.30, 95%CI [0.09, 0.51], Conclusion: This systematic review and meta-analysis indicates that virtual reality-based interventions may enhance postural balance in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the certainty of evidence remains limited owing to the paucity of included trials and methodological limitations. Future large-scale randomized controlled trials with extended follow-up periods and standardized balance assessments are warranted to corroborate these findings and optimize intervention parameters. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD420251135718, CRD420251135718.
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