Feasibility and efficacy of virtual reality rehabilitation for upper extremity impairment in ischaemic stroke patients: an open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a non-immersive virtual reality (VR) system on upper extremity (UE) recovery in ischaemic stroke patients in comparison to a conventional physiotherapy.

Design

An open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial randomly assigned the participants to two groups, VR intervention or conventional physiotherapy.

Setting

Two tertiary stroke care centres in South India participated in the study.

Participants

Sixty first-ever ischaemic stroke patients (1-6 months of stroke onset) having spasticity grades of 1 or 1+ as per Modified Ashworth scale and Brunnstrom recovery stages of 3, 4 or 5 in the UE were included in the intention-to-treat analysis.

Intervention

High-intensity non-immersive VR-ba

SUBMITTER: Sylaja PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918696 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature