Haptic Glove Systems in Combination with Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality for Upper Extremity Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Diego Fernández-Vázquez, Roberto Cano- de-la-Cuerda () and Víctor Navarro-López
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Diego Fernández-Vázquez: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Roberto Cano- de-la-Cuerda: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Víctor Navarro-López: Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: Background: The effectiveness of the virtual reality (VR) for the upper extremity (UE) motor rehabilitation after stroke has been widely studied. However, the effectiveness of the combination between rehabilitation gloves and semi-immersive VR (SVR) compared to conventional treatment has not yet been studied. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in Pubmed, Web of Science, PEDRo, and Scopus, Cochrane, CINHAAL databases from inception to May 2022. Randomized controlled trials were included if patients were under rehabilitation with haptic gloves combined with SVR intervention focused on the UE rehabilitation in stroke patients. Risk of bias and methodological quality were evaluated with the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), and the modified Cochrane library criteria. A random effects model was used for the quantitative assessment of the included studies using the standard mean difference with a 95% confidence interval. Heterogeneity among the included studies was assessed using Cochran’s Q test and the incoherence index (I 2 ). Results: After a first screening, seven studies were included. Significant differences with a 95% confidence interval were obtained in favor of the rehabilitation glove combined with SVR in the short term (SMD—standardized mean differences = 0.38, 95% CI—confidence interval = 0.20; 0.56; Z: 4.24; p =< 0.001). In the long term, only the studies that performed an intervention based in rehabilitation glove combined with SVR with also included rehabilitation were able to maintain the improvements (SMD = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.40; 1.02; Z: 4.48; p =< 0.001). Conclusions: The combined use of rehabilitation haptic gloves and SVR with conventional rehabilitation produces significant improvements with respect to conventional rehabilitation treatment alone in terms of functionality of the UE in stroke patients.

Keywords: haptic glove; virtual reality; stroke; upper extremity; motor function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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