Effects of multi-sensory virtual reality training on gait adaptability and somatomotor network remodeling in patients with stroke: a randomized controlled trial
Qiurong Xie, Xiao Xiong, Mingchao Liu, Yuxin Huang, Bo Sheng, Yanxin Zhang, Jia Huang, Qi Zhang · 2026
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Qiurong Xie and seven co-authors ran a trial of virtual reality training that feeds several senses at once, asking whether it helps stroke patients walk with more control. Sixty-eight patients were split between the new training and standard rehabilitation. Both ran in half-hour sessions five days a week for four weeks. Walking skill was scored with a gait index, timed mobility and balance tests, and a leg-function scale. A light-based brain scanner tracked activity inside the movement network.
The virtual reality group improved more on gait, timed mobility, and balance. Brain scans showed stronger activity in areas that plan movement and sense body position, and stronger links between movement and thinking regions. Some brain changes tracked the walking gains. The authors caution that the gains were not firm under the strictest handling of missing data. The results are early and need trials with fewer dropouts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qiurong Xie, Xiao Xiong, Mingchao Liu, Yuxin Huang, Bo Sheng, Yanxin Zhang, Jia Huang, Qi Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 101 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |