NCT02043834

Virtual Reality-based Exercise in Older Adults

Promoting Virtual Reality-based Exercise to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Arizona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the present study is to evaluate an innovative virtual reality-based balance training intervention for improving clinically relevant motor performances (balance and gait) in older adults. We hypothesize that the virtual reality-based balance training intervention will improve balance and gait performances in older adults compared to a control group receiving usual care only.

Conditions

• Distorted; Balance
• Motor Deficit

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Balance Training	Balance training will be conducted individually two times per week for 4 weeks. Each training session will include virtual reality tasks such as "ankle reaching" and "obstacle crossing" using a virtual obstacle shown on a computer screen. Each session will last 30 - 45 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2014-01-23
• Last updated: 2014-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States