ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Frailty Syndrome-Fall Risk and Rehabilitation Management Aided by Virtual Reality (VR) Technology Solutions: A Narrative Review of the Current Literature.
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- Effects of Different Exercise Interventions on Fall Risk and Gait Parameters in Frail Patients After Open Heart Surgery: A Pilot Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
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- Implementation of a Virtual Reality-Based Program for Fall Risk Reduction in Older Adults in Primary Health Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Interpretable machine learning-based predictive model for fall risk in older adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Enhanced Balance, Strength, and Mobility Among Older Adults With Frailty: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR serious games · 2025Review
- Intrarater and Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Non-frail, Pre-frail, and Frail Older Adults in Residential Care Homes.Physical therapy · 2025Article
- Virtual reality technology improves the gait and balance function of the elderly: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Review
- Telerehabilitation in Low-Resource Settings to Improve Postural Balance in Older Adults: A Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Rehabilitation in Older Adults Affected by Immobility Syndrome, Aided by Virtual Reality Technology: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- The social problem of presbystasis and the role of vestibular rehabilitation in elderly patients: a review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2023Review
- The telehealth program of occupational therapy among older people: an up-to-date scoping review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Validation of FES-I and Short FES-I Scales in the Polish Setting as the Research Tools of Choice to Identify the Fear of Falling in Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association of Frailty Status with Risk of Fall among Hospitalized Elderly Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Acute Geriatric Unit.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Literature Review of High-Tech Physiotherapy Interventions in the Elderly with Neurological Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Machine Learning Approaches for the Frailty Screening: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Reimagining Aging: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Virtual Reality on Cognitive, Physical, and Functional Outcomes in Older Adults.Journal of mid-life healthReview
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Frailty, a physiological syndrome (FS) affecting primarily the older adults, manifests itself through significantly depleted bodily reserves, and appreciably higher (up to over threefold) individual exposure to fall risk. Concomitant medical conditions such as balance impairment, reduced visual acuity, limited mobility, and significantly diminished daily functional performance further exacerbate the patients' condition. Their resultant susceptibility to frequent hospitalisations makes their prognosis even worse. This narrative review aimed to provide an overview of published studies focused on rehabilitation management approaches aided by virtual reality (VR) technology in frail older adults. The authors had it also augmented with their own, evidence-based body of experience in rehabilitation. Making use of technologically advanced exercise machinery, specially adapted for rehabilitating frail older adults, combined with a structured exercise regimen, further aided by the application of select virtual reality (VR) technology solutions, clearly proved effective. Consequently, the patients were helped to move back from the frail to the pre-frail stage, as well as had their motor and cognitive functions appreciably enhanced. The application of modern technology in rehabilitating older adults over 65, affected by FS, when specifically aided by the select VR technology solutions, was also proven to complement successfully the conventional rehabilitation management. The overall versatility of the VR technology solutions, e.g., adaptation for home use allowing remote supervision, also makes this novel approach to rehabilitation far more appealing to the patients. They find it both very attractive and far more mentally engaging. Its considerable potential lies mostly in being appreciably more effective in bringing in desirable therapeutic outcomes.
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