Virtual Reality Rehabilitation in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

Effectiveness of Virtual Environment Rehabilitation in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury: Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of motor and cognitive virtual environment rehabilitation on upper limb function in sub-acute patients after an acquired brain injury.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acquired Brain Injury within 1 month before the recruitment;
• Score between 0 and 3 at the Motor Arm subscore of the Italian version of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (it-NIHSS);
• Score between 9 and 15 at the Glasgow Coma Scale for the traumatic brain injury Acquired Brain Injury.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Denial of informed consent;
• Visual deficits that interfere with the virtual reality rehabilitation;
• Score under 18 at the Mini Mental State Examination;
• Severe orthopedic deficit;
• Patients with pace maker;
• Patients with contraindication to undergo magnetic resonance;
• Pregnant women.