Efeitos do uso da realidade virtual em pacientes com sequelas de AVE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Stroke in the world still presents itself as one of the leading causes of death. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the differential of the use of gameterapia as an innovative resource associated with conventional treatment in post-stroke patients. METHODOLOGY: The search was carried out for articles referring to the use of virtual reality in patients with sequelae resulting from the stroke. Through the selection of scientific articles available in the databases LILACS, PubMed, Scielo and Cochrane Library. RESULTS: Of the articles analyzed, almost in their entirety demonstrated gains regarding the use of this resource in terms of the promotion of functional independence, balance, improvement of the speed of march and the ability to deal with the obstacles FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: It can be inferred that the RV makes possible through neuroplasticity the partial recovery of brain lesions providing functional gains for patients sequelated from stroke.