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Objective: The goal of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of RV and dancing using a Kinect Xbox 360 video game to improve walking speed and motor performance and reduce the risk of falls in patients with PD. Method: This is a pre-experimental study with a simple pre-post design, involving a single group of 14 patients diagnosed with PD in stages 1 to 4 of the Hoehn and Yahr (H and Y) scale, from the National Institute of Neurology (INNN). Before and after the intervention, motor tests, the Unified Parkinson\u2019s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS-III), the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, and the Tinetti were applied. The intervention consisted of 16 bi-weekly sessions, which included warm-up, coordination exercises, 10 songs, and cool-down. Results: Effects of the RV intervention were observed on improvements in motor tests (z = \u22122.640, p = 0.008), gait (z = \u22123.316, p = 0.001), balance (TUG) (z = \u22122.966, p = 0.001), and on the UPDRS-III scale (total index) (z = \u22123.048, p = 0.002). An increase in the difficulty level of dancing was also observed (X2 = 144.13, p &lt; 0.01). Conclusions: The virtual reality intervention with dancing improved motor performance, including increased walking speed, enhanced postural stability, reduced stiffness and bradykinesia, and a decreased risk of falls<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci15101116","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,16]],"date-time":"2025-10-16T12:17:02Z","timestamp":1760617022000},"page":"1116","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Virtual Reality in the Neurorehabilitation of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson\u2019s Disease: Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Diana Alejandra","family":"Delgado-Anguiano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Campus Le\u00f3n, Guanajuato 37684, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1580-2324","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ulises","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Ortiz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Neurolog\u00eda y Neurocirug\u00eda, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 05120, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1064-2096","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mireya","family":"Ch\u00e1vez-Oliveros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Neurolog\u00eda y Neurocirug\u00eda, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 05120, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4424-7067","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco","family":"Paz-Rodr\u00edguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Neurolog\u00eda y Neurocirug\u00eda, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 05120, Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"WHO (2006). 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