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ArticleJMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies2025

Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lisa Sheehy, Anne Taillon-Hobson, Heidi Sveistrup, Martin Bilodeau, Christine Yang, Vivian Welch, Hillel Finestone

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Article in JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03261713 (Home-based Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Home-based Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation: A Parallel Randomised Feasibility Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorBruyère Health Research Institute.Ran2017 to 2018Enrolled20ConditionsStrokeArmsVirtual reality, Control
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lisa SheehyBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5844-0952
Anne Taillon-HobsonBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6387-0646
Heidi SveistrupBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-8121
Martin BilodeauBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8464-8837
Christine YangBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9059-5452
Vivian WelchBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-7097
Hillel FinestoneBruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9522-5648

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNonimmersive virtual reality training (NIVRT) can be used to continue rehabilitative exercise for stroke recovery at home after discharge from inpatient or outpatient therapy.

objectiveThe objectives of this randomized controlled feasibility trial were to assess home-based NIVRT as telerehabilitation with patients living with stroke, and its potential to improve standing function and gait.

methodsPatients approaching discharge from inpatient or outpatient stroke rehabilitation were randomly allocated to NIVRT or iPad interventions. NIVRT provided interactive games and exercises designed to improve balance, stepping, and aerobic capacity. iPad apps addressed cognition and fine motor skills. Participants were visited in their homes by a physiotherapist, taught to use the program, and asked to do 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week for 6 weeks, asynchronously. Feasibility was assessed by measuring recruitment, adherence, ability to set up and learn NIVRT, enjoyment, intent to continue, perception of impact, and safety. Participants completed assessments of standing balance, gait, and general function, before and after the intervention, by a blinded assessor.

resultsNIVRT participants (n=11; 10 male participants; mean age 64, SD 12 years) did an average of 26 sessions (total 700 minutes), while iPad participants (n=9; 6 male participants; mean age 61, SD 20 years) did an average of 33 sessions (total 1241 minutes). Space was tight in 5 homes. All but 1 participant learned NIVRT and progressed. Most enjoyed it and felt that it improved their recovery. There were no serious adverse events. Most assessments showed improvement over time for both groups.

conclusionsHome-based NIVRT is safe and feasible to continue rehabilitative exercise after discharge. More research on efficacy and effectiveness in this population is required.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03261713; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03261713. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.1186/s13063-019-3438-9.

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exercisesexergamesgame therapyhealth interventionhomeinteractive gamesinteractive therapymotormovementpatient carepatient engagementphysical activityphysiotherapyrandomized controlled feasibility trialrehabilitationrehabilitation intensitystrokestroke rehabilitationtelerehabilitationvirtual reality

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PMID40153779
PMCPMC11992496

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