Place de la réalité virtuelle dans la prise en charge des enfants paralysés cérébraux : synthèse bibliographique

Cerebral palsy is the main cause of disability in children. It leads to motor, postural and/or sensory dysfunctions for which care is required from birth. This care must be diversified in order to avoid monotony and to maintain good adherence to care. Virtual reality, which has been in full expansion for several years, appears to be an interesting tool for maintaining motivation and diversifying the exercises and modalities offered in rehabilitation to children with cerebral palsy.

Method

A bibliographical research carried out in different search engines (CINAHL, PubMed) with the addition of filters allowed the selection of 21 articles. Five of these articles were selected for their close link with the key words and analyzed in the article below.

Discussion

From the upper limb to balance, virtual reality seems to have an impact on many areas of rehabilitation management. If it appears interesting on the motivation for all the authors, its use meets certain criticisms and the interpretation of the results must be taken with parsimony.

Conclusion

Virtual reality seems to be an interesting tool to use for the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. However, other studies are necessary with less heterogeneity, the use of adapted and validated tools for cerebral palsy and a higher level of proof.