The Effects of VR Interactive Games on Balance and Quality of Life Enhancement for Elderly in the Community

NCT ID: NCT06539065

Last Updated: 2024-08-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 63 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-02-13
• Study Completion Date: 2023-06-15

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effectiveness of the incorporating VR interactive games into exercise courses of the elderly in the community.The main questions It aims to answer are: can It improve their balance ability and the quality of life.

Participants will receive a Twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription, While the control group will follow the original iInstructor-led exercise intervention as the course content.

Detailed Description

Both groups will undergo three sessions per week, one hour per session, for a total of 12 weeks and 36 sessions of intervention. Before and after competing all sessions, the effectiveness of this intervention will be assessed.

Some physical assessments will be done by all participants such as 2-minute step, right chair sit and reach, left chair sit and reach to compare if any difference between two groups. and participants will do a questionaire to evaluate the psychological and environmental quality of life.

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Study Design

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

Study Groups

VR group

The experimental group received a twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

VR interactive games

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The experimental group received a twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription,

Non-VR group

control group followed the original instructor-led exercise intervention as the course content.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

VR interactive games

The experimental group received a twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription,

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 65 or above

2. Capable of communicating in Mandarin or Taiwanese, and willing to participate in interviews or complete questionnaires

3. Free of mobility impairments

Exclusion Criteria

1. Stroke with sequelae of mobility impairments

2. Parkinson's disease

3. Motor neurone disease

4. Severe Cardio-vascular disease

5. Degenerative joint disease with flare-ups in past three months

6. With a lower limb joint surgery in past 3 months

7. Vertigo

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

Sponsors

Taipei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Chueh-Ho Lin, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Taipei Medical University

Locations

Taipei medical University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

N202210004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id