A eficácia do treino de realidade virtual em atletas: uma revisão sitemática da literatura

Abstract

Introduction: Virtual games or computer technologies were not originally created for sporting purposes. However, when observing the sports gestures performed during its practice, the possibility of comparisons and why its not used in the practice of sport and / or inclusion in the athlete's life shoul be considered. Objective: To carry out a systematic literature review investigating the effectiveness of virtual reality training in athletes. Methodology: An electronic search was performed using an optimized strategy based on Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science, LILACS and PEDro, followed by manual search. The studies were analyzed by two independent evaluators as to the eligibility and extraction of the data and possible disagreements were solved by a third party. There were no restrictions regardingthe language of the publications. The search was a the combination of keywords, such as virtual reality, athletes, sports, video game, computer interface. Results: The search strategy returned 3546 studies and 3500 were excluded after analysis. The manual search returned 1 study and this was included, totaling five studies. Two investigated the use of virtual reality for athlete balance training, one study simulated a realistic environment to trigger anxiety, another verified the influence of virtual reality immersion on movement in patients after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament, the last of the five, if the use of dynamic computational simulation would have any effect on the types of technique in the total distance of the triple jump. Conclusion: Although the results are promising, these conclusions are based on only five was studies with low to moderate methodological quality. Therefore, there is still a need for more randomized clinical trials evaluating these and other possible benefits of VR in athletes