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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Phys Ther. 2017 Jul;29(Suppl 3 IV STEP 2016 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS):S23–S36. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000387

Table 2.

Summary of Systematic Reviews of VR and SG for Balance and Mobility of Persons Post-Stroke

Author Purpose N VR-SG Body Function Structure Activity Participation
Cheok et al (2015)
July 2014		 Use of Wii For Stroke Rehab 170
(6)* 		Nintendo Wii Postural Control +/− WMFT +
BBS +/−
FIM +/−		 TUG +
FAC +/−
BBT +/−		 SIS +/−
Corbetta et al (2015)
Aug 2014		 VR for Balance and Walking Post-Stroke 341
(15)		 Treadmill + VR
Nintendo Wii
Customized VR		 Kinematics
Postural Control
FM		 Gait Speed +F
TUG +
BI
FRT
10MWT		     BBS +
    6MWT
    FIM
    ABC		 Community Ambulation +
Li et al (2015)
May 2015		 VR for balance + gait in post-stroke 428
(16)		 Treadmill + VR
Nintendo Wii
Customized VR		 Postural Control +/−
Temporal Spatial +/−		 BBS +
FRT +/−		 TUG +
ABC +/−
Gibbons et al (2016)
August 2015		 VR for LL outcomes post-stroke 522
(22)		 Treadmill + VR
Nintendo Wii
Customized VR		 Postural Control +
Temporal spatial +
MMAS +
Tardieu +
FM+/−
Ashworth +
Chedoke +/−		 BBS +
Gait Speed +
6MWT +
ABC +/−		     FRT+
    TUG +
    WAQ +
    DGI +/−
Iruthayarajah et al (2016)
Sept 2015		 VR for balance + gait for chronic stroke 984 (20) Nintendo Wii Fit
Treadmill +VR
Postural VR		 Postural Control +/−
Activity		 BBS +
FRT +/−
6MWT +/−
Tinneti +/−		 TUG +
10MWT +BBA +/−
DeRooji et al
Dec 2015		 VR for gait and balance post-stroke w/matched dosing
(21)		 Treadmill + VR
Balance board		 Temporal spatial +/−
Postural control +
Activity		 Gait speed +
10 MWT +/−
FRT +
Tinetti +/−		     BBS +
    TUG +
    BBA +/−

VR Virtual reality, SG Serious Games, WMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test, TUG: Timed Up and Go, BBS: Berg Balance Scale, FAC: Functional Ambulation Capacity, FIM: Functional Independence Measure, BBT: Box and Blocks Test, SIS: Stroke Impact Scale, FM: Fugle Meyer, 6MWT: Six minute walk test, BI: Barthel Index, FRT: Functional Reach Test, ABC: Activity Based Confidence Questionnaire, 10MWT: Ten meter walk test, MMAS: Modified Motor Assessment Scale, WAQ: Walk Activity Questionnaire, DGI: Dynamic Gait Index, BBA:

*

half the studies were dose matched, included UL and LL studies.,

+favor VR and – favor control

Systematic reviews of the literature on VR and SG for adults were searched on PubMed (published by June 2016) using the following terms, virtual reality, virtual environments, video games, serious games, Wii, Kinect, and specific conditions Stroke, PD, MS. These populations were selected because of they represent people that are seen frequently by physical therapists and the corresponding VR literature is sufficiently valid to have been summarized in systematic reviews.