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March 2, 2026Montefiore Einstein Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine and SurgeryOpen Access

The State of Virtual Reality in Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation, and Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review

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RGRohan GogoiAVAnna VargoMCMoorice Caparo

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Overview

A scoping review analyzes virtual reality therapy's efficacy in rehabilitating stroke and injury patients, suggesting a need for standardized methodologies.

Key Points

  • To evaluate recent methodologies in virtual reality rehabilitation studies for various disabilities, including strokes and spinal injuries.
  • Analytical review of manuscripts using 'virtual reality' with 'stroke', 'spinal cord injury', 'amputation', or 'brain injury'.
  • Screening for randomized control trials comparing virtual reality with non-virtual reality interventions.
  • Characterization of studies based on themes: rehabilitation diagnoses, virtual reality technology, chronicity, outcome measures, and study design.
  • 38 studies were included following screening process.
  • Significant heterogeneity was observed in methodologies used across studies.
  • Most studies focused on stroke rehabilitation, with fewer addressing spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, or amputations.

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Gogoi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a52df3f1e85e5c73bf13e5https://doi.org/10.1177/30498929261424492
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