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Reviews (63) Breast Cancer (290) Cancer Survivorship (334) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761) Emerging Technologies for Rehabilitation (348) Emotional, Social, Psychological Support for Cancer (250) Games and Gamification for Health (777) Gamification (155) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802)

Published on in Vol 10, No 1 (2022): Jan-Mar

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/31395, first published .
The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Based Interventions in Rehabilitation Management of Breast Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Based Interventions in Rehabilitation Management of Breast Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Based Interventions in Rehabilitation Management of Breast Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors of this article:

Xiaofan Bu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter H F Ng2 Author Orcid Image ;   Wenjing Xu3 Author Orcid Image ;   Qinqin Cheng4 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter Q Chen2 Author Orcid Image ;   Andy S K Cheng5 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiangyu Liu6 Author Orcid Image
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