Combined Aerobic Exercise and Virtual Reality-Based Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Intervention for Chronic Stroke: Feasibility and Preliminary Effects on Physical Function and Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To (1) examine the feasibility of combining lower extremity aerobic exercise (AEx) with a virtual reality (VR) upper extremity (UE) rehabilitation intervention and (2) provide an estimate of effect size for the combined intervention on UE function, aerobic capacity, and health-related quality of life.

Design

Single-group feasibility trial.

Setting

Research laboratory.

Participants

Community-dwelling individuals with mild to moderate impairment of the UE at least 6 months post stroke (N=10; male, n=6; female n=4; mean age, 54 years).

Intervention

All participants received 18 sessions over a nominal 2-3 sessions per week schedule of a combined AEx and VR-UE rehabilitation intervention. During each session, participants completed 15 minutes of lo

SUBMITTER: Ross RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature