Advantages of using 3D virtual reality based training in persons with Parkinson’s disease: a parallel study

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease. There are mixed reports on success of physiotherapy in patients with PD. Our objective was to investigate the functional improvements, motivation aspects and clinical effectiveness when using immersive 3D virtual reality versus non-immersive 2D exergaming.We designed a randomized parallel study with 97 patients, but only 20 eligible participants were randomized in 2...