Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science

korean Academy of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science (물리치료재활과학회)
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A Study on the Effectiveness of Home-Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Training Content for Elderly Individuals with Degenerative Arthritis

  • SoungKyun Hong (Department of physical therapy, College of health sciences, Woosuk University)
  • Received : 2023.12.11
  • Accepted : 2023.12.27
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a home-based virtual reality rehabilitation training program for elderly individuals with degenerative arthritis. The program aimed to assess its impact on muscle strength, joint range of motion, and balance. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Methods: A total of 16 adults aged 20 years and older participated in the study. Participants were selected through a randomization program and assigned to a fully immersive virtual reality training program group (n=8) and a traditional rehabilitation training program group (n = 8). All the subjects were trained three times per week, over four weeks. To compare effects, muscle strength, range of motion(ROM), balance were measured before and after the knee replacement. Results: The based on fully immersive virtual reality training program group had a statistically significant increase in muscle strength(p<.05), ROM(p<.01), and balance (p<.01). And the traditional rehabilitation training program group was experienced a decrease muscle strength(p<.05), ROM(p<.01). The inter-group difference based on the intervention method showed a significant increase muscle strength(p<.001), ROM(p<.01), and balance(p<.01) in the experimental group (p<.001). Conclusions: It is suggested that training using a home-based virtual reality rehabilitation program may be utilized as an effective intervention method for early rehabilitation in patients undergoing total knee arthro-plasty.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT: Ministry of Science and ICT) (No. NRF-2021R1G1A1095066)

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