The limitations of this study are that the participants could
not be blinded to their treatment status, and the study included
only patients who were hospitalized, conscious, had a right
hemispheric stroke, and had caregivers. These results could
not be generalized to all stroke patients. An additional limita-
tion is that the direct effect of VR on the falls requires further
clarification. This study found that VR may not reduce the
number of falls when patients were supervised by caregivers.
Given the multiple risk factors of falls, we suggest an assess-
ment of the risk factors of falls and the instability of gait, or
an extension of the period of study in future research.