• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.195-200
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a virtual reality rehabilitation program on upper limb function, cognition, and activities of daily living in stroke patients. Among the 25 participants in the program, it was randomly classified 13 experimental group and 12 control group. Rehabilitation training was applied 3 times a week and general occupational therapy 2 times a week using virtual reality rehabilitation training equipment in the experimental group, and general occupational therapy was performed 5 times a week, 30 minutes per session in the control group. As a result of the virtual reality rehabilitation program, cognitive function increased by 3.39 points in the experiment group, The control group who received only general occupational therapy increased by 1.5 points. As for the upper limb function, the average of the experimental group subjected to the virtual reality rehabilitation program increased by 4.84 points The control group who received only general occupational therapy increased by 1.34 points. As for activities of daily living, the average of the experimental group that conducted the virtual reality rehabilitation program increased by 20.38 points, The control group who received only general occupational therapy increased by 7.61 points. This result show that the virtual reality program has an effect on upper limb function, cognition, and activities of daily living of stroke patients.