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Virtual reality and physiotherapy in post-stroke functional re-education of the lower extremity: A controlled clinical trial on a new approach
University of Seville, Spain; San Camillo IRCCS, Italy.
Azienda ULSS 3 Serenissima, Italy.
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, The Human in the Transport system..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9309-5552
University-General Hospital of Padova, Italy.
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2021 (English)In: Journal of Personalized Medicine, E-ISSN 2075-4426, Vol. 11, no 11, article id 1210Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Numerous Virtual Reality (VR) systems address post-stroke functional recovery of the lower extremity (LE), most of them with low early applicability due to the gait autonomy they require. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of a specific VR treatment and its clinical effect on LE functionality, gait, balance, and trunk control post-stroke. A controlled, prospective, clinical trial was carried out with 20 stroke patients, who were divided into two groups: the first group (VR + CP; n = 10) received combined therapy of 1 h VR and 1 h of conventional physiotherapy (CP) and the second group (CP; n = 10) received 2 h of CP (5 days/week, for 3 weeks). The following pre-post-intervention measuring scales were used: Functional Ambulatory Scale (FAC), Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FM), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Trunk Control Test (TCT). Only VR + CP showed a significant improvement in FAC. In FIM, CP presented a tendency to significance, whereas VR + CP showed significance. Both groups improved significantly in FM (especially in amplitude/pain in VR + CP and in sensitivity in CP) and in BBS. In TCT, there was a non-significant improvement in both groups. The results indicate that the intervention with VR is a feasible treatment in the post-stroke functional re-education of the LE, with the potential to be an optimal complement of CP. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-17417DOI: 10.3390/jpm11111210ISI: 000724048200001PubMedID: 34834562Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85119703347OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-17417DiVA, id: diva2:1616978
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