Virtual reality-based physical therapy for patients with lower extremity injuries: feasibility and acceptability.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Traditional physical therapy (PT) requires patients to attend weekly in-office supervised physical therapy appointments. However, between 50% and 70% of patients who would benefit do not receive prescribed PT due to barriers to access. Virtual Reality (VR) provides a platform for remote delivery of PT to address these access barriers.

Methods

We developed a VR-PT program consisting of training, games, and a progress dashboard for 3 common lower extremity physical therapy exercises. We enrolled orthopaedic trauma patients with lower extremity injuries. Patients completed a VR-PT session, consisting of training and one of the exercise-based games. Pre- and post-VR-PT questionnaires were completed.

Results

We enrolled 15 patients with an average age of 51 ye

SUBMITTER: Reilly CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568393 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature