Table 1 Selection criteria for meta-analysis
Category | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|
Participants | Individuals with PD | Individuals with other chronic diseases |
Intervention | VR training (wearing VR equipment to enter an interactive virtual reality scene, generating a three-dimensional VR environment through computer simulation, providing participants with visual, auditory, haptic, and other simulations, thus enabling active participation in the game), including a variety of modes | Intervention without VR training |
Control | Usual care or usual exercise | Other rehabilitation interventions such as aerobics, yoga, stretching, medication and so on |
Outcome | Direct measures of motor function such as the Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go test, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, walking speed, stride length, and Functional Gait Assessment and quality of life (e.g., 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire and Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire) | Â |
Study design | Only meta-analysis of RCTs | No meta-analysis or RCTs |