TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual hallucinations as incidental negative effects of virtual reality on Parkinson's disease patients
T2 - A link with neurodegeneration?
AU - Albani, Giovanni
AU - Pedroli, Elisa
AU - Cipresso, Pietro
AU - Bulla, Daniel
AU - Cimolin, Veronica
AU - Thomas, Astrid
AU - Mauro, Alessandro
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We followed up a series of 23 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who had performed an immersive virtual reality (VR) protocol eight years before. On that occasion, six patients incidentally described visual hallucinations (VH) with occurrences of images not included in the virtual environment. Curiously, in the following years, only these patients reported the appearance of VH later in their clinical history, while the rest of the group did not. Even considering the limited sample size, we may argue that VR immersive systems can induce unpleasant effects in PD patients who are predisposed to a cognitive impairment.
AB - We followed up a series of 23 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who had performed an immersive virtual reality (VR) protocol eight years before. On that occasion, six patients incidentally described visual hallucinations (VH) with occurrences of images not included in the virtual environment. Curiously, in the following years, only these patients reported the appearance of VH later in their clinical history, while the rest of the group did not. Even considering the limited sample size, we may argue that VR immersive systems can induce unpleasant effects in PD patients who are predisposed to a cognitive impairment.
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U2 - 10.1155/2015/194629
DO - 10.1155/2015/194629
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930615906
VL - 2015
JO - npj Parkinson's Disease
JF - npj Parkinson's Disease
SN - 2090-8083
M1 - 194629
ER -