Virtual Reality as a Tool for Rehabilitation on Elderly People

Aged Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Activity With an Active Video Game Provides Bigger Energy Expenditure and Less Muscle Fatigue

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02598882
• Other study ID #: ExerRehab
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 16, 2015
• Last updated: October 19, 2017
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University of Nove de Julho
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Assessment of energy expenditure and the quadriceps muscle fatigue of healthy seniors, after two physical activities, being one of an activity guided by interactive video game (Xbox) and another on the treadmill. The participants will perform the activities in two different days, the order will be obtained by randomization.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 13
• Est. completion date: November 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participate in this study elderly

• Of both sexes,

• Over 60 years,

• without cardiac and respiratory diseases

• Who accept to participate in the research, giving your consent by signing the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who oppose the signing of the informed consent

• Submit proposals and activities intolerance who can't understand or accomplish correctly the procedures due to physical and or mental limitations.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aged

Intervention

Device:
• videogame
Patients will be an assessment of quadriceps muscle strength by surface electromyography, before and after a 30-minute guided activity through an active video game
• treadmill
Patients will be an assessment of quadriceps muscle strength by surface electromyography, before and after a 30-minute activity in treadmill.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Dirceu Costa	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nove de Julho

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of quadriceps muscle fatigue		one year
Secondary	Evaluation of heart rate's	during the activities the patients will be evaluated as the heart rate variation, by means of a frequency meter	one year
Secondary	Evaluation of peripheral oxygen saturation	During the activities the patients will be evaluated as the peripheral oxygen saturation, by means of a Pulse Oximeter.	one year
Secondary	Assessment of energy expenditure	during the implementation of the proposed activities, patients will be assessed to the energy expenditure with the use of an armband	one year