Deans' stroke musings: Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using PS4 Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation for Improving Upper Limb Function-A Pilot Study

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using PS4 Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation for Improving Upper Limb Function-A Pilot Study

How ineffective is your doctor in incorporating this to your recovery protocols?

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using PS4 Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation for Improving Upper Limb Function-A Pilot Study

Suresh J ^1,*, Harish C²

¹Assistant Professor, SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur-603203

²BPT Student, SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur-603203

*Corresponding author: J. Suresh, E-mail: suresh.j@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in

Online published on 30 April, 2019.

Abstract

Background

Hemiparesis resulting in functional limitation of an upper extremity and lower limb is common among stroke survivors. Virtual reality is one of the way of improving motor function in stroke, limited evidence is available on the efficacy of virtual reality for stroke rehabilitaton.

Methods

In this pilot study 2 parallel groups involving stroke patients, we compared the feasibility, safety and efficacy of virtual reality using the sony PS4 gaming technology to evaluate upper limb motor improvement. The primary feasibility outcome was the total time receiving the intervention. The primary safety outcome was the proportion of patients experiencing intervention-related adverse events during the study period. Efficacy, a secondary outcome measure, was evaluated with wolf motor function test and Spasticity Grading at 4 weeks after intervention. OUTCOME MEASURE: WOLF Motor function test and Box and Block test.

Result

This study shows that mean values obtained from WOLF motor function test showed no statistical significance and the mean values of Box and Block test showed statistical significance.

Conclusion

This study concludes that the PS4 gaming technology is a feasible, safe, and potentially effective intervention to enhance motor function recovery in patients with a recent stroke.

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