Effects of a 12-week VR Intervention on the Functional Fitness of Adults of Different Age Ranges

National Taiwan Normal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Functional Fitness; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Other: Virtual reality exercise intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05582863

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 12-week VR fitness intervention on the functional fitness of adults of different age ranges.

Full description

Previous studies have shown age-related decreases in physical activity and functional fitness among older adults. Virtual Reality (VR) exercise programs are currently used in leisure and entertainment to improve the physical health of older adults. However, VR exercise in assessing physical health or functional fitness in older adults of different age ranges is rare. To fill this research gap, VR exercise was to assess functional fitness improvement in young and middle-aged participants.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 84 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged more 65 and less 84 years
• with no listening/vision impairments
• who did not have any history of illness based on their response to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
• interested in the virtual reality exercise

Exclusion criteria

• age less than 65 or more than 84 years
• disability and unable to live independently

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group.

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group attended a VR exercise routine twice a week for 12 weeks. 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:

Participants in the control group received no intervention and had normal daily activites.