Effects of Virtual Reality Treadmill Training on Balance and Balance Self-efficacy in Stroke Patients with a History of Falling

Abstract

Abstract.[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality treadmill training on balance and balance self-efficacy in stroke patients with a history of falling.[Subjects] Twenty-one stroke patients with a history of falling were allocated into 2 groups: a virtual reality treadmill training group (experimental group, n = 11), and control group (n = 10). [Methods] We measured patients' balance function and balance self-efficacy before and after 3 weeks of virtual reality treadmill training.[Results] Balance and balance self-efficacy were significantly higher in the experimental group. Furthermore, balance and balance self-efficacy significantly increased after 3 weeks in both groups compared with the baseline values.[Conclusion] Virtual reality treadmill training significantly improves balance and balance self-efficacy in stroke patients who are able to participate in physical balance training.

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Training on Balance and Gait Recovery Early after Stroke: A Pilot Study

“…Since VR training is characterised by individualised, high intensity training in a variety of virtual environments with a high amount of real-time feedback [13][14][15] it might be valuable in stroke rehabilitation. This is confirmed by recent studies [12,[15][16][17][18]. However, almost all studies on the effect of VR on balance and/or gait ability were conducted in the chronic phase after brain injury [9,12,16,17,[19][20][21][22][23].…”

“…This is confirmed by recent studies [12,[15][16][17][18]. However, almost all studies on the effect of VR on balance and/or gait ability were conducted in the chronic phase after brain injury [9,12,16,17,[19][20][21][22][23]. Because of the potential relevant characteristics of VR for motor learning and neuroplasticity [14], VR may be of even more added value during the earlier rehabilitation phase.…”

“…Table 5 presents the median (1 st -3 rd quartile) of the balance and gait measures before intervention and after the four weeks of VR training. Dynamic balance significantly improved represented by an increase of 14 (13,17) points of the median BBS scores. In addition, static balance measured with CoPZ velocity was significantly improved by a median decrease of 0.56 (-1.34, -0.02) mm/s, although CoPX velocity did not significantly change over time.…”

Rehabilitation that incorporates virtual reality is more effective than standard rehabilitation for improving walking speed, balance and mobility after stroke: a systematic review

“…[41][42][43][44][45][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Hand searching did not identify any additional papers. The flow of studies through the review is shown in Figure 1.…”

Entrenamiento motor en el continuo de la realidad a la virtualidad

“…La recuperación del aparato locomotor fue medida antes y después de la intervención mediante resonancia magnética funcional y se aplicaron pruebas clínicas estandarizadas del equilibrio. Los hallazgos sugirieron que la rehabilitación con realidad virtual podría inducir la reorganización cortical ipsilateral y producir mejoras significativas en la función motora (45,46).…”