Deans' stroke musings: The Effects of Augmented Reality on Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis

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.

Monday, April 7, 2025

The Effects of Augmented Reality on Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis

If stroke hospitals can't figure out how to get music therapy to patients; this will never fly!

Augmented reality (AR) simply means overlaying digital information or images onto the real world through a device like a phone or glasses, making the real world seem enhanced or interactive

The Effects of Augmented Reality on Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis

Chanyi Jia¹, Xiaoxia Liu¹, Lianzhen Ning¹, Lina Ge¹

Affiliations

PMID: 40183296
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.17730

Abstract

Aims: Stroke incidence has increased recently, causing functional impairments in most patients. Augmented reality(AR) is frequently employed as an interactive and repetitive technology to facilitate functional rehabilitation. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the current evidence in the effect of AR for stroke rehabilitation.

Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Data sources: Seven electronic databases including PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase and Cochrane were searched by MeSH terms and keywords such as 'Stroke' 'Augmented reality' up to December 1, 2024.

Methods: The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool was used to evaluate potential bias. Meta-analysis and Trial Sequence Analysis were used to analyse by the datastata15.0 software and TSA v0.9 software.

Results: We searched 11 studies in a systematic review and 8 in a meta-analysis. The AR training group exhibited a significantly superior Berg Balance Scale scores(BBS) to those of the traditional training group. The Z-value curve of the sixth study crossed the traditional and TSA boundary values. Subgroup analysis revealed that BBS was significantly influenced in the hospital compared to the home intervention. The Timed Up and Go Test scores(TUG) and the 10-Meter Walk Test scores(10MWT) were similar in the AR and traditional training groups.

Conclusion: AR technology is beneficial for the lower limb balance functional rehabilitation of stroke patients. However, further exploration and verification are necessary due to an insufficient number of trials.

Implications for the profession and/or patient care: The findings provide clinical references for implementing AR in rehabilitation interventions for stroke patients.