A Literature Review
Massetti, T., da Silva, T. D., Ribeiro, D. C., Pinheiro Malheiros, S. R., Nicolai Re, A. H., Favero, F. M. & de Mello Monteiro, C., B.
Medical Express 2014; 1(6): 302-306 DOI: 10.5935/MedicalExpress.2014.06.04
Objective: to investigate benefits to motor skills improvement from VR in children with CP.
Process: A pubmed search resulted in 40 studies were found regarding virtual reality and cerebral palsy. Few (10) studies reference “the use of virtual reality in children with cerebral palsy in gross motor function and improvements in motor learning with skill transfer to real-life situations”. These studies were evaluated using the Pediatric Evidence Database (PEDro); 3 scored ‘good’ or better, limited largely by small sample sizes.
Outcome: “Improvements in performance were specific to the practice environment; there was no transfer of learning”.