Recruiting

Virtual Reality

Sponsor:

Augusta University

Code:

NCT06464406

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Virtual Reality condition

Control condition

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effects of virtual reality use on maximal aerobic exercise test performance (aerobic capacity) in healthy adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does using a virtual reality program during a maximal aerobic exercise test lead to differences in VO2peak (maximal aerobic capacity)? and,
  • Does using a virtual reality program during a maximal aerobic exercise test lead to differences in work rate at the ventilatory threshold?

Participants will complete a maximal aerobic exercise test two times (separated by 1 week of recovery) under the following conditions:

  • normal testing conditions in a lab
  • while viewing a virtual reality video

Researchers will compare the test results of both conditions to see if the use of a virtual reality program alters VO2peak or the ventilatory threshold.

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Study ID

NCT06464406

Start date

Jun 7, 2024

Status verified date

Jun, 2024

Completion date

Oct 7, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 7, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

-

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Answering "YES" to one or more items on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).
  • Women who are pregnant at the time of participation according to a pregnancy test.

Study Design

Enrollment

24 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Control condition completed first

In this arm, the Control condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test) will be completed first, and the Virtual Reality condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test with the addition of virtual reality video) will be completed second.

experimental: Virtual Reality condition completed first

In this arm, the Virtual Reality condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test with the addition of virtual reality video) will be completed first, and the Control condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test) will be completed second.

Interventions

Virtual Reality condition

Participants will watch a video on a virtual reality headset during the completion of the maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test.

Control condition

Participants will complete the maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test under control conditions without video, music, or other distractions.

Primary outcome measure

  • VO2peak [ Time Frame: Assessed during the exercise test for each condition. ]
  • Ventilatory threshold [ Time Frame: Assessed during the exercise test for each condition. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Andrew R Moore, PhD

650-477-7746andmoore@augusta.edu

Locations

Augusta University

Recruiting

Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30909

Contacts

Andrew R Moore, PhD

650-477-7746andmoore@augusta.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Augusta University

Last update posted

Jun 21, 2024

Last verified

Jun, 2024

Keywords

  • virtual reality
  • cardiorespiratory fitness
  • anaerobic threshold
  • bicycle ergometer test

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Augusta University on 2024-06-21.