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Effect of Virtual Reality on Neural Recovery in Patients with Stroke: A Systematic Review

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Stroke is a vascular injury of the brain that leads to neurological deficits and significant disabilities. Mirroring interventions such as virtual reality (VR) have proven to be effective in several studies. However, no study has systematically reviewed their effects on neural recovery in stroke patients.

Objectives: To systematically review research on the effects of virtual reality (VR) on neural recovery in post-stroke patients to find the best evidence.

Methods: Four electronic databases; Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and PEDro; were searched for articles published between 2011 and 2022. This trial included English randomized controlled trials that compared VR with other comparators in patients with stroke. The PEDro scale was used to assess the quality of the eligible studies.

Results: Eight studies with 220 participants were included. All the studies were good to excellent on the PEDro scale. Virtual reality had strong evidence for improving neural recovery in patients with stroke.

Conclusion: Virtual reality should be added to the traditional rehabilitation program for patients with stroke to improve neural recovery in patients with stroke. Improved neural recovery may be a mechanism beyond improved motor recovery after rehabilitation with VR.

DOI

10.21608/niles.2023.212022.1076

Keywords

Mirror Neurons, Neural recovery, stroke, systematic review, Virtual reality

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hefny

MiddleName

Moslem

Affiliation

Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Benha University, Benha , Egypt

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moslem1188@gmail.com

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Orcid

0009-0007-7955-504X

First Name

Gehan

Last Name

Ahmed

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M

Affiliation

Department of Neuromuscular Disorder and its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza , Egypt

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jehan.mosa@pt.cu.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-9650-6203

First Name

Waleed

Last Name

Mansour

MiddleName

Talat

Affiliation

Department of Physical Therapy for Neurology, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Benha University, Benha , Egypt

Email

waleed_talat73@yahoo.com

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-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Ashraf

Affiliation

Faculty of physical therapy, October 6 university, October, Egypt

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ahmedashraaf716@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0001-7449-9893

First Name

Abdelaziz

Last Name

Elsherif

MiddleName

Abdelaziz

Affiliation

Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders and its Surgeries, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

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abdelaziz.elsherif@cu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0001-7449-9893

Volume

6

Article Issue

2

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35430

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-05-19

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

477

Page End

486

Print ISSN

2636-3224

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2636-3232

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695

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NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology

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https://niles.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Virtual Reality on Neural Recovery in Patients with Stroke: A Systematic Review

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24 Dec 2024