Conroy, Susan S.
Stookey, Alyssa
Beamer, Brock A.
Sorkin, John D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Baltimore Research and Education Foundation
Article History
Received: 25 June 2025
Accepted: 12 December 2025
First Online: 15 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study protocol was reviewed and approved University of Maryland Baltimore Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval no. HP 00099764 and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Research and Development Committee and study procedures were conducted in accordance with Helsinki Declarations and in compliance with all ethical practices and guidelines. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.
: Consent for photography and publication was obtained and is on record and available on request from the corresponding author [SC].
: The authors declare the following conflict of interest with respect to the research design. GaitBetter, Inc. contributed the virtual reality study equipment utilized in the study but was not involved in study activities, data collection or interpretation and did not contribute to authorship or writing.