De Miguel-Rubio, AmarantaRubio, M. DoloresSalazar, AlejandroMoral-Munoz, Jose A.Requena, FranciscoCamacho, RocioLucena-Anton, David2022-10-312022-10-312020-09-04Miguel-Rubio A, Rubio MD, Salazar A, Moral-Munoz JA, Requena F, Camacho R, et al. Is Virtual Reality Effective for Balance Recovery in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2020 Sep 4;9(9):2861http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4310Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging tool used in the neurological rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), focused on recovering balance, mobility, and motor function, among other functional outcomes. The main objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of VR systems to recover balance in patients with SCI. The literature search was performed between October and December 2019 in the following databases: Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. The methodological quality of each study was assessed using the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence (SCIRE) system and the PEDro scale, while the risk of bias was analyzed by the Cochrane Collaboration's tool. A total of 12 studies, involving 188 participants, were included in the systematic review, of which two were included in the meta-analysis. Statistical analysis showed favorable results for balance measured by the modified Functional Reach Test (standardized mean difference (SMD) = 3.42; 95% confidence interval: 2.54 to 4.29) and by the t-shirt test (SMD= -2.29; 95% confidence interval: -3.00 to -1.59). The results showed that VR interventions provided potential benefits, in addition to conventional physical therapy, to recover balance in patients with SCI.enAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Virtual realitySpinal cord injuriesNeurological rehabilitationPostural balancePhysical therapyRealidad virtualTraumatismos de la médula espinalRehabilitación neurológicaEquilibrio posturalModalidades de fisioterapiaMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::HumansMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavioral Disciplines and Activities::Psychotherapy::Behavior Therapy::Desensitization, Psychologic::Virtual Reality Exposure TherapyMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Confidence IntervalsMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Physical Therapy ModalitiesMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Spinal Cord DiseasesMedical Subject Headings::Information Science::Information Science::Information Services::Bibliography as Topic::BibliometricsMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Clinical Trials as Topic::Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic::Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicMedical Subject Headings::Information Science::Information Science::Medical Informatics::Medical Informatics Applications::Information Storage and Retrieval::PubMedreview article32899665Acceso abierto10.3390/jcm90928612077-0383PMC7564926