Virtual reality in multiple sclerosis rehabilitation: A review on cognitive and motor outcomes
| Autor: | Marilena Foti Cuzzola, Rosaria De Luca, Massimo Destro, Francesco Molonia, Gianluca La Rosa, Placido Bramanti, Margherita Russo, Giuseppe Lombardo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Maria Grazia Maggio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Weakness Multiple Sclerosis medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Cognition Memory Physiology (medical) Medicine Humans Optic neuritis Attention Cognitive rehabilitation therapy Spasticity Gait Rehabilitation business.industry Multiple sclerosis Virtual Reality General Medicine medicine.disease Neurology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Surgery Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Executive dysfunction |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 65 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2653 |
| Popis: | Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating neurodegenerative disease with lesions involving the central nervous system. Clinical symptoms consist of disturbances in motor activity (e.g., weakness, spasticity, and tremor), sensory functioning (e.g., pain), visual functions (e.g., diplopia and optic neuritis), besides different cognitive (attention deficit and executive dysfunction) and behavioral abnormalities. This review aims to evaluate the role of VR tools in cognitive and motor rehabilitation of MS patients. Studies performed between 2010 and 2017 and fulfilling the selected criteria were searched on PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane and Web of Sciences databases, by combining the terms "VR rehabilitation" and "MS". Our findings showed that, following the use of VR training, MS patients presented a significant improvement in motor (especially gait and balance) and cognitive function (with regard to executive and visual-spatial abilities, attention and memory skills). This review supports the idea that rehabilitation through new VR tools could positively affect MS patients' outcomes, by boosting motivation and participation with a better response to treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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