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Virtual Reality-Based Balance Training in Hemiplegic Patients

Sponsor: Gaziantep City Hospital

Summary

This prospective single-blind randomized controlled trial enrolled 43 hemiplegic patients hospitalized in the neurological rehabilitation unit of the University of Health Sciences Ankara Etlik City Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned to a virtual reality (VR) group (n = 23), which received routine physical therapy combined with VR-based balance training, or a conventional therapy (CT) group (n = 20), which received routine physical therapy alone. Interventions were delivered under physiotherapist supervision over 20 sessions, with the VR group receiving an additional 12 sessions of VR-based balance exercises. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately post-treatment, and at an eight-week follow-up, including measures of balance, mobility, functional independence, walking capacity, quality of life, and static balance using the Tecnobody PK252 isokinetic balance measurement system.

Official title: Effects of Virtual Reality-Based Balance Games on Gait, Balance, and Quality of Life in Patients With Post-Stroke Hemiplegia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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