Effects of Game-based Virtual Reality Intervention on Senior Fitness, Fall Prevention and Balance Function Among Older Adults

NCT ID: NCT05779189

Last Updated: 2023-03-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-09-15
• Study Completion Date: 2023-03-03

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness between game-based virtual reality intervention and conventional health education in improving older adults' balance knowledge, and let them know how to prevent falling. The intervention group will receive virtual reality games in person and read the health education flier, while the control group was assigned to read the health education flier and follow suit the video of balance exercise.

Detailed Description

Falls can lead to disability, sickbed and even death of the elderly, and it ranks second among the top ten which causes death in Taiwan. In the past, when multifaceted exercise interventions were conducted for the elderly, most of them focused on group strength training and aerobic exercise, but lacked individualized balance training, resulting in a low degree of cooperation.

Conditions

Balance

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention

Participants will receive conventional health education and game-based virtual reality (game) in person.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Game-based virtual reality (Game)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Besides reading the health education flier, they also need to trained with the game-based virtual reality in Biodex Medical Systems, which is a machine, includes 4 games: Catch Game, boating, Ball Maze, and Word Search. And all of the games are balance control games. The games were implemented in person for 30 minutes one time, total is 16 times (once to twice day a week).

Control

Participants will receive conventional health education and 4 video of balance exercise.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional health education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The health education flier was made refer to medical institutions, e.g., hospitals or clinics, the video of balance exercise was collected from the internet. Participants were assigned to read the health education flier, and follow suit the video of balance exercise at home of their free will.

Interventions

Game-based virtual reality (Game)

Besides reading the health education flier, they also need to trained with the game-based virtual reality in Biodex Medical Systems, which is a machine, includes 4 games: Catch Game, boating, Ball Maze, and Word Search. And all of the games are balance control games. The games were implemented in person for 30 minutes one time, total is 16 times (once to twice day a week).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Conventional health education

The health education flier was made refer to medical institutions, e.g., hospitals or clinics, the video of balance exercise was collected from the internet. Participants were assigned to read the health education flier, and follow suit the video of balance exercise at home of their free will.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Elderly people over the age of 65-99.

Exclusion Criteria

• cognitive impairment
• neurological diseases
• severe osteoporosis
• lower limb joint surgery
• discomfort symptoms during exercise

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 99 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Taipei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Taipei Medical University

Taipei County, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

N202204048

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id