Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality Usage on Upper Extremity Function in Stroke Patients

"Patients will use virtual reality d4evice to play task oriented games like bowling, arrow shooting and home activity simulations which focuses upper extremity abduction, flexion and rotation movements. Each session will be a total of 45 minutes divided to 3 15 minute games. Sessions will held for 6 weeks each monday, wednesday and friday at same time for each patient.~In addition to the virtual reality treatment program conventional rehabilitation therapies including neurodevelopmental facilitation techniques, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy and, where necessary, speech therapy will be applied according to the needs of the patient."

The control group will be included in the virtual reality program only focusing on visual scenes without upper extremity interaction. Bobath therapy, walking exercises, upper extremity active exercises, proprioceptive neuromuscular facial techniques will be applied to the control group for 6 weeks.