Effectiveness, usability, and cost-benefit of a virtual reality-based telerehabilitation program for balance recovery after stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 418-425.e2

  Lloréns, Roberto ^a,b   Noé, Enrique ^b   Colomer, Carolina ^b   Alcañiz, Mariano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital NISA Valencia al Mar y NISA Sevilla Aljarafe   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost comparison; Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Virtual reality therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINETTI (ASSESSMENT); VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84924117204     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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