Efficacy of virtual reality-based intervention on balance and mobility disorders post-stroke: A scoping review

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Darekar, Anuja ^a,b   McFadyen, Bradford J ^c   Lamontagne, Anouk ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance deficits; Cerebrovascular accident; Gait; Gait retraining; Game based rehabilitation; Physiotherapy; Posture; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECREATIONAL THERAPY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY BASED INTERVENTION; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84929084881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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