Virtual reality and cognitive rehabilitation: A review of current outcome research

Larson, Eric B.; Feigon, Maia; Gagliardo, Pablo; Dvorkin, Assaf Y.

doi:10.3233/nre-141078

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“…Treatments using computers for online video chat programs (eg, telerehabilitation or teletherapy) were not included, nor were virtual reality interventions or interventions simulating specific real-world situations (reviewed elsewhere). 19,20 Studies utilizing computerized interventions to treat other symptoms following ABI (eg, improving motor function or mobility) were also excluded. There were no exclusion criteria for number of subjects or study design.…”

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Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Bogdanova

Yee

et al. 2016

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

142

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Objective Comprehensive review of the use of computerized treatment as a rehabilitation tool for attention and executive function in adults (aged 18 years or older) who suffered an acquired brain injury. Design Systematic review of empirical research. Main Measures Two reviewers independently assessed articles using the methodological quality criteria of Cicerone et al. Data extracted included sample size, diagnosis, intervention information, treatment schedule, assessment methods, and outcome measures. Results A literature review (PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, Cochrane, PsychINFO, CINAHL) generated a total of 4931 publications. Twenty-eight studies using computerized cognitive interventions targeting attention and executive functions were included in this review. In 23 studies, significant improvements in attention and executive function subsequent to training were reported; in the remaining 5, promising trends were observed. Conclusions Preliminary evidence suggests improvements in cognitive function following computerized rehabilitation for acquired brain injury populations including traumatic brain injury and stroke. Further studies are needed to address methodological issues (eg, small sample size, inadequate control groups) and to inform development of guidelines and standardized protocols.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Bogdanova

Yee

et al. 2016

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

142

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“…Another web platform recently designed to be used by healthcare staff is NeuroAtHome Professional [7]. NeuroAtHome allows rehabilitation clinicians to prescribe personalized exercises, quantify rehabilitation sessions, store all data and track patient evolution in order to provide more effective treatments in an easy and intuitive way, as it was demonstrated in [8]. Inspired by this recent work on web-based systems for telerehabilitation, we conducted an iterative design process to identify the required functionalities to support clinicians in using the REHAB@HOME system for home rehabilitation.…”

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Designing Intuitive Web Solutions for Monitoring Patients’ Rehabilitation at Home

Ferdous¹,

Gabrielli²,

Maimone³

2015

ICST Transactions on Ambient Systems

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This paper describes the design of web-based remote monitoring interfaces aimed at supporting therapists and caregivers in supervising motor-cognitive rehabilitation plans of care to be performed by patients at home. This work was part of a three years' research project where game-based environments for upper body motor rehabilitation of post-stroke patients were developed in collaboration with two main rehabilitation centers in Italy and Austria, for a subsequent deployment at patients' homes. The paper will specifically focus on describing the iterative design of the home rehabilitation features for clinicians over the first two years of the project to enable the delivery and monitoring of more personalized, engaging plans of care for home therapy by rehabilitation centers and services.

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“…Recently, innovative interventions using VR have been proposed for social skills training in adult and paediatric patients with autism spectrum disorders (35,36) and with schizophrenia (37). Immersive VR appears to be a promising field for cognitive and socio-emotional rehabilitation especially for paediatric age, because of its highly motivating and interactive nature (38,39).…”

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Virtual Reality Social Prediction Improvement and Rehabilitation Intensive Training (VR-SPIRIT) for paediatric patients with congenital cerebellar diseases: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

Butti

Biffi

Genova

et al. 2019

Preprint

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Background: Patients with cerebellar malformations exhibit not only movement problems, but also important deficits in social cognition. Thus, rehabilitation approaches should not only involve the recovery of motor function but also of higher-order abilities, such as processing of social stimuli. In keeping with the general role of the cerebellum in anticipating and predicting events, we used a VR-based rehabilitation system to implement a social cognition intensive training specifically tailored to improve predictive abilities in social scenarios (VR-Spirit).Methods: The study is an interventional randomized controlled trial that aims to recruit 42 children, adolescents and young adults with congenital cerebellar malformations, randomly allocated to the experimental or active control group. The experimental group is administered the VR-Spirit, requiring the participants to compete with different avatars in the reaching of recreational equipment and implicitly prompting them to form expectations about their playing preference. The active control group participates to a VR-training with standard games currently adopted for motor rehabilitation. Both trainings are composed by 8 45-minute sessions and are administered in the GRAIL VR-Lab (Motekforce Link, NL), an integrated platform that allows patients to move in natural and attractive VR environments. An evaluation session in VR with the same paradigm used in the VR-Spirit but implemented in a different scenario is administered at the beginning (T0) of the two trainings (T1) and at the end (T2). Moreover, a battery of neurocognitive tests spanning different domains are administered to all participants at T0, T2 and in a follow-up session after two months from the end of the two trainings (T3).Discussion: This study offers a novel approach for rehabilitation based on specific neural mechanisms of the cerebellum. We aim to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a new intensive social cognition training in a sample of Italian patients aged 7-25 years with congenital cerebellar malformations. We expect that VR-Spirit could enhance social prediction ability and indirectly improve cognitive performance in diverse domains. Moreover, through the comparison with a VR-active control training we aim to verify the specificity of VR-Spirit in improving social perception skills.Trial registration: ISRCTN, ISRCTN 22332873. Retrospectively registered on 12 March 2018. http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN22332873Keywords: Virtual reality; Social cognition training; Cerebellum; Paediatric patients; Rehabilitation; Grail.

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Virtual reality and cognitive rehabilitation: A review of current outcome research

Cited by 100 publications

References 15 publications

Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Designing Intuitive Web Solutions for Monitoring Patients’ Rehabilitation at Home

Virtual Reality Social Prediction Improvement and Rehabilitation Intensive Training (VR-SPIRIT) for paediatric patients with congenital cerebellar diseases: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

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