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Effectiveness of Using Virtual Reality–Supported Exercise Therapy for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Effectiveness of Using Virtual Reality–Supported Exercise Therapy for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Effectiveness of Using Virtual Reality–Supported Exercise Therapy for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Urakov A, Samorodov A, Sokolova V. Stroke - Management Pearls. View
  2. Darekar A. Virtual Reality in Behavioral Neuroscience: New Insights and Methods. View
  3. Hamasaki H. New Horizons of Exercise Medicine. View
  4. Mohammed M. Difficulties and Challenges in Geriatric Health Management. View
  5. . Virtual Reality Technology. View
  6. Wolfram S, Bauer R. Evidenzbasierte medizinische Trainingstherapie. View
  7. Kubota M, Konnai T, Takami Y, Matsuo H, Tsubaki A, Nagamune K. Oxygen Transport to Tissue XLV. View
  8. Wolfram S, Bauer R. Evidence-Based Medical Exercise Therapy. View
  9. Kamikura T, Inaba H. Applications of Metaverse and Virtual Reality to Creative Education and Industry. View
  10. Inagaki S, Sakurai K, Yoshimura N. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. View
  11. Collins L, Stein J. Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease. View
  12. Holtkamp F, Peelen K, van der Maazen G, Hendriks M. Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All: Recent Achievements and Future Directions. View

Conference Proceedings

  1. Moreira M, Marques A, Vilaça J, Carvalho V, Duque D. 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH). A Review on Full Immersive Head-Mounted Virtual Reality Assisted Physiotherapy in Upper Limbs Rehabilitation View
  2. Bouatrous A, Meziane A, Zenati N, Hamitouche C. 2024 8th International Conference on Image and Signal Processing and their Applications (ISPA). Semi-immersive virtual reality system to enhance hand motor rehabilitation after stroke View
  3. Ghozali M. 2024 6th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering (ICECIE). The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality (VR)-Assisted Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation on Stroke Recovery: A Mini Systematic Review View
  4. Zayed N, Reda M. 2024 International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA). Neurophisology Biosignals of Cognitive Training Classification in Virtual Reality Environment Using Deep Learning Model View