Effectiveness of VR Exercise Intervention on Functional Fitness and Quality of Life Among Elderly

National Taiwan Normal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Promotion

Treatments: Other: Virtual reality exercise intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05565963

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of virtual reality-based exercise on the intervention and follow-up retention of functional fitness and quality of life among older adults.

Full description

In a worldwide survey of fitness trends last 2021, Virtual Reality (VR) training recently took the top 10 spots. In fact, only a few studies were conducted on the retention of functional fitness and quality of life among older people. The main goal of this study was to assess the effects of virtual reality exercise on the functional fitness and quality of life of older adults after 12 weeks of intervention and another 12 weeks of follow-up.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged ≥ 65,
2. are able to perform daily activities,
3. with no past or current history of medical situations found in the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).

Exclusion criteria

1. being less than 65 years of age,
2. being unfit to participate in the study as revealed by the PAR-Q.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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98 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group.

Experimental group

Description:

12-week intervention, with a 12-week follow-up. Device:1 computer virtual reality online software and 3 large projectors were used to project videos on the wall in a wrap-around state.

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality exercise intervention

Control group.

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention with a 12 week follow-up.