4. Discussion
DGI, stroke, dizziness, depression, subacute stroke, strokes
STROKE, NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE, STROKES
The current study was a randomized clinical trial that compared vestibular rehabilitation with Virtual Reality (VR) on dizziness, balance, and gait in patients who had suffered a subacute stroke. The study found significant improvements between groups for the TUG, DHI, physical, and emotional domains of the DHI and DGI. These outcome measures showed significant improvement within the groups based on within-group analysis.Gui bin Song (2015) conducted a study to determine the effects of VR on balance, gait, and depression in stroke patients. The study reported a significant improvement in balance in terms of the TUG score (According to Meldrum et al, a study was carried out to compare the effectiveness of VRT using VR rehabilitation in stroke patients over an 8-week period. The study concluded that VR-based rehabilitation showed significant improvement in gait and balance compared with vestibular rehabilitation alone in terms of DGI.In 2019, Viziano et alMitsutake et alThis study was the first of its kind to compare the application of VRT with virtual reality in stroke patients. Since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred during this study, patients were hesitant to enroll and follow-up properly. Only subacute stroke patients were included in the study; acute and chronic stroke patients were not included. There were dropouts in the study due to difficulty adhering to the protocol. Moreover, the baseline differences might contribute to between-group differences in the effects of interventions. Further research should be conducted on the long-term effects of vestibular rehabilitation and virtual reality on strokes and other neurological diseases. Clinicians should use vestibular rehabilitation as a treatment protocol for patients with stroke or other neurological conditions in their clinical practice. Moreover, Further research is needed to establish the benefits of VR training and VRT on rehabilitation in people with acute and chronic strokes.