Knowledge, practices, and acceptance of physiotherapists about the use of immersive virtual reality in clinical practice: An international cross-sectional survey

Luc, Alexandre [UCL] Everard, Gauthier [UCL] Huygelier, Hanne [KU Leuven] Slatman, Syl [HAN University of Applied Sciences] Detrembleur, Christine [UCL] Pitance, Laurent [UCL]

For several years, the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) has been studied as an intervention in physiotherapy. Although the number of studies demonstrating the effectiveness of immersive VR in physiotherapy is growing, its implementation in clinical practice remains relatively low. Currently, we do not know the reasons for the lack of use of immersive VR in clinical practice among physiotherapists. Various hypotheses could be considered, such as a lack of knowledge or negative attitudes towardsit. Conversely, we also do not know the exact reasons why some physiotherapists decided to incorporate immersive VR into their clinical routine. The objective is to investigate the knowledge, practices, and acceptance of physiotherapists about the use of immersive VR in clinical practice.