NCT05565963

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan Normal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Health Promotion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Virtual reality exercise intervention	The experimental group received VR exercise sessions for 75-90 minutes, twice a week for a duration of 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-20
• Primary completion: 2021-03-27
• Completion: 2021-03-30
• First posted: 2022-10-04
• Last updated: 2022-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan