Serious Games for Stroke Telerehabilitation of Upper Limb - A Review for Future Research

Maintaining appropriate home rehabilitation programs after stroke, with proper adherence and remote monitoring is a challenging task.  Virtual reality (VR) - based serious games could be a strategy used in telerehabilitation (TR) to engage patients in an enjoyable and therapeutic approach. The aim o...

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Main Authors: Paula Amorim, Beatriz Sousa Santos, Paulo Dias, Samuel Silva, Henrique Martins
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Language:English
Published: Hawaii Pacific University Library 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Telerehabilitation
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Online Access:http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6326
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Paulo Dias
Samuel Silva
Henrique Martins
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description Maintaining appropriate home rehabilitation programs after stroke, with proper adherence and remote monitoring is a challenging task.  Virtual reality (VR) - based serious games could be a strategy used in telerehabilitation (TR) to engage patients in an enjoyable and therapeutic approach. The aim of this review was to analyze the background and quality of clinical research on this matter to guide future research. The review was based on research material obtained from PubMed and Cochrane up to April 2020 using the PRISMA approach.  The use of VR serious games has shown evidence of efficacy on upper limb TR after stroke, but the evidence strength is still low due to a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCT), a small number of participants involved, and heterogeneous samples. Although this is a promising strategy to complement conventional rehabilitation, further investigation is needed to strengthen the evidence of effectiveness and support the dissemination of the developed solutions.
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spelling doaj-art-c5d3053073d64a4c9930bf925386c7342025-08-20T03:09:51ZengHawaii Pacific University LibraryInternational Journal of Telerehabilitation1945-20202020-12-01122657610.5195/ijt.2020.63266093Serious Games for Stroke Telerehabilitation of Upper Limb - A Review for Future ResearchPaula Amorim0Beatriz Sousa Santos1Paulo Dias2Samuel Silva3Henrique Martins4Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira InteriorInstitute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal Department of Electronics Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, PortugalInstitute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal Department of Electronics Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, PortugalInstitute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, University of Aveiro, PortugalFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, PortugalMaintaining appropriate home rehabilitation programs after stroke, with proper adherence and remote monitoring is a challenging task.  Virtual reality (VR) - based serious games could be a strategy used in telerehabilitation (TR) to engage patients in an enjoyable and therapeutic approach. The aim of this review was to analyze the background and quality of clinical research on this matter to guide future research. The review was based on research material obtained from PubMed and Cochrane up to April 2020 using the PRISMA approach.  The use of VR serious games has shown evidence of efficacy on upper limb TR after stroke, but the evidence strength is still low due to a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCT), a small number of participants involved, and heterogeneous samples. Although this is a promising strategy to complement conventional rehabilitation, further investigation is needed to strengthen the evidence of effectiveness and support the dissemination of the developed solutions.http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6326serious gamesstroketelerehabilitationupper limbvirtual reality
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telerehabilitation
upper limb
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title Serious Games for Stroke Telerehabilitation of Upper Limb - A Review for Future Research
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stroke
telerehabilitation
upper limb
virtual reality
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