Pulmonary and Physical Virtual Reality Exercises for Patients With Blunt Chest Trauma: Randomized Clinical Trial
Tjitske D Groenveld, Indy GM Smits, Naomi Scholten, Marjan de Vries, Harry van Goor, Vincent MA Stirler, Andrew Coristine, Cosima Prahm, S Sagar, Givago Souza · 2024
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Description
Groenveld and co-authors report a 2024 trial of virtual reality exercises for patients with blunt chest injury. Such patients need pain control, early deep breathing, and quick movement, yet doing all three is hard. The trial asked whether breathing and body exercises done in virtual reality could speed lung recovery on the ward.
Patients were split by chance between usual therapy and the virtual reality version of the same exercises. The main measure was lung capacity at day five or at discharge. The study ended early because too few patients joined and many did not stick to the exercise plan. Only 27 patients took part, so the report reads mainly as a pilot with lessons on setup.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tjitske D Groenveld, Indy GM Smits, Naomi Scholten, Marjan de Vries, Harry van Goor, Vincent MA Stirler, Andrew Coristine, Cosima Prahm, S Sagar, Givago Souza |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |