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  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Virtual reality (VR) interventions are increasingly used to enhance balance and mobility.
  • VR may offer a more engaging experience for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  • A gap exists in VR-based balance literature specifically for TBI patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a scoping review of studies utilizing VR for balance and mobility improvement.
  • To identify the existing research landscape and pinpoint gaps in VR-based balance interventions for TBI.

Main Methods:

  • Literature search using terms like "Virtual Reality Traumatic Brain Injury Balance".
  • Inclusion criteria applied to identify relevant studies.
  • Methodological quality assessed using the PEDro scale.

Main Results:

  • Seventeen studies met inclusion criteria, encompassing various study designs (RCTs, case studies, etc.).
  • The overall methodological quality of the included studies was rated as fair.
  • A limited number of high-quality studies were identified.

Conclusions:

  • Future research should prioritize large-scale clinical trials with validated VR technology.
  • Determining effectiveness and dose-response characteristics is crucial.
  • Standardized assessment tools are needed for comparing interventional study results.