Effect of virtual reality aided physical therapy in adjunct to traditional therapy in frozen shoulder patients

Abstract

Adhesive capsulitis causes discomfort, limited mobility, and joint stiffness. Various conservative physiotherapy management are used in frozen shoulder patients. Previously, patients were mostly treated with various heating modalities, mobilization techniques and exercises of shoulder. Virtual reality, on the other hand, may now be utilized to cure patients. In this study, traditional therapy, which includes Maitland's mobilization, is compared to virtual reality headset guided physiotherapy in addition to Maitland's mobilization. To compare the efficacy of virtual reality headset assisted physiotherapy to traditional physical therapy in frozen shoulder patients. A total of 50 male and female patients of 40-60 years are selected randomly. They were split into two groups of 25 patients each, in which one group had received traditional treatment of Maitland’s mobilization and other group received virtual reality guided physical therapy with Maitland’s mobilization. The above interventions were given for 2 weeks with 15-20 minutes of each session daily. The Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Shoulder Range of Motion (ROM) using goniometry, and the Shoulder Pain Disability Index (SPADI) scale were used to examine the patient before and after the intervention. The chi-square test, as well as the student's paired and unpaired t tests, were used to examine the data. In patients with frozen shoulder, virtual reality headset i.e., oculus assisted physical therapy is more beneficial than traditional physical therapy, according to the findings of this study.