NCT05935982

Virtual Reality Exercise in a Community Highschool for Children With Disabilities

Preliminary Implementation and Development of an Enjoyable Virtual Reality Exercise Program for the Prevention of Cardiometabolic Disease Among Children With Disabilities in School Settings

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to work with a community engagement group to develop and pilot a protocol for a virtual reality exergaming program for children with special needs at a high school.

Detailed description

A virtual reality exercise program will be run during school special physical education hours at a public high school. The program will be implemented by a person with cerebral palsy. The exercise will include rhythmic movement to music and fitness games.

Conditions

• Disability Physical
• Developmental Disability
• Physical Inactivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual reality exercise	During school special physical education, participants will be asked to exercise using a virtual reality exercise headset, that will be adapted for arm use. Participants will asked to be seated during gameplay. Heart rate will be monitored and recorded during exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-18
• Primary completion: 2024-05-29
• Completion: 2024-08-26
• First posted: 2023-07-07
• Last updated: 2025-04-29
• Results posted: 2025-03-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States