Realidad virtual en el equilibrio en niños con Parálisis Cerebral Hemipléjica: Monografía de compilación

Abstract

Infantile cerebral palsy (ICP) is a set of non-evolutionary neuromotor development disorders, whose clinical expression can change when the brain matures (Stavsky M et al. 2017) (Prasad, Shankar. 2018). As this happens, central nervous system damage occurs that can cause secondary injuries to children with cerebral palsy, including physical spasms, wasting/weak muscle tone, skeletal deformity, myasthenia, and developmental coordination disorder resulting in a balance disorder. Consequently, children with PCI who have balance problems are more likely to experience an increasing number of falls and develop more limited motor skills. Maintaining balance requires continuous and simultaneous data processing from multiple systems (eg, vestibular, visual, proprioceptive, and cognitive reintegration). When these systems have been affected by neurological injury, balance and balance-related activities are affected (Michael-Asalu et al. 2019). Therefore, this monograph's aim was to determine the efficacy of virtual reality in managing balance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. This monograph was carried out under a critical information compilation scheme that was found in journal articles and scientific articles with a limitation of no more than 10 years of publication and in any language. The information collected was reviewed and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of virtual reality using different tools such as Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 Kinect and computer game platforms in the balance's rehabilitation according to this pathology.