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Impact of virtual embodiment and exercises on functional ability and range of motion in orthopedic rehabilitation
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Recent evidence supports the use of immersive virtual reality (immersive VR) as a means of applying visual feedback techniques in neurorehabilitation. In this study, we investigated the benefits of an embodiment-based immersive VR training program for orthopedic upper limb rehabilitation, with the aim of improving the motor functional ability of the arm and accelerating the rehabilitation process in patients with a conservatively managed distal radius fracture. We designed a rehabilitation program based on developing ownership over a virtual arm and then exercising it in immersive VR. We carried out a between 3-group controlled trial with 54 patients (mean age = 61.80 ± 14.18): 20 patients were assigned to the experimental training group (immersive VR), 20 to the conventional digit mobilization (CDM) training control group, and 14 to a non-immersive (non-immersive VR) training control group. We found that functional recovery of the arm in the immersive VR group was correlated with the ownership and agency scores over the virtual arm. We also found larger range of joint movements and lower disability of the fractured arm compared with patients in the Non-immersive VR and CDM groups. Feeling embodied in a virtual body can be used as a rehabilitation tool to speed up and improve motor functional recovery of a fractured arm after the immobilization period.
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MATAMALA GÓMEZ, Marta, SLATER, Mel, SÁNCHEZ-VIVES, María victoria. Impact of virtual embodiment and exercises on functional ability and range of motion in orthopedic rehabilitation. _Scientific Reports_. 2022. [consulta: 9 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 2045-2322. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202194]