Análise do uso da realidade virtual na reabilitação fisioterapêutica: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The use of Virtual Reality as a tool can bring benefits to the physical and mental health of patients undergoing physiotherapeutic treatment. Its use in clinics and hospitals can provide more exciting and pleasurable care. This study aimed to develop a systematic review of the use of Virtual Reality in the rehabilitation of patients undergoing physical therapy treatment. The review focused on scientific articles chosen according to the following inclusion criteria: (1) specific search terms, (2) year of publication from 2018 to November 2022, (3) texts in English or Portuguese and (4) use of academic repositories SCIELO and LILACS. A total of 16 articles were found, and after refinement, only 8 fit the objective of the work. We concluded that Virtual Reality could increase patients' motivation, contributing to their recovery and effectiveness in the treatment of diagnoses of Parkinson's Disease, Cerebral Vascular Accidents, and patients in Intensive Care. When comparing the use of Virtual Reality with conventional physiotherapeutic intervention, the results were equivalent. Future work can deepen the object of this study because, despite observing the effectiveness of Virtual Reality, we cannot say that the approach is more effective than the conventional physiotherapeutic approach due to the scarcity of literature.