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NCT Number: NCT05779189

Effects of Game-based Virtual Reality Intervention on Senior Fitness, Fall Prevention and Balance Function Among Older Adults

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness between game-based virtual reality intervention and conventional health education in improving older adults' balance knowledge, and let them know how to prevent falling. The intervention group will receive virtual reality games in person and read the health education flier, while the control group was assigned to read the health education flier and follow suit the video of balance exercise.

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Key information

Conditions

Balance

Age range

65 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Taipei Medical University

Taipei County, Taiwan

About this study

Falls can lead to disability, sickbed and even death of the elderly, and it ranks second among the top ten which causes death in Taiwan. In the past, when multifaceted exercise interventions were conducted for the elderly, most of them focused on group strength training and aerobic exercise, but lacked individualized balance training, resulting in a low degree of cooperation.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Elderly people over the age of 65-99.

Exclusion criteria

  • cognitive impairment
  • neurological diseases
  • severe osteoporosis
  • lower limb joint surgery
  • discomfort symptoms during exercise

Treatment and study plan

Game-based virtual reality (Game)

Behavioral

Besides reading the health education flier, they also need to trained with the game-based virtual reality in Biodex Medical Systems, which is a machine, includes 4 games: Catch Game, boating, Ball Maze, and Word Search. And all of the games are balance control games. The games were implemented in person for 30 minutes one time, total is 16 times (once to twice day a week).

Conventional health education

Behavioral

The health education flier was made refer to medical institutions, e.g., hospitals or clinics, the video of balance exercise was collected from the internet. Participants were assigned to read the health education flier, and follow suit the video of balance exercise at home of their free will.

Primary outcomes

  1. Senior Fitness Test

    Time frame: Right after the intervention

    Participants were assigned to do 2 tasks of the test. One is time up and go, and the other one is eyes-open single-leg stance test. We recorded the time (in seconds) they took.

  2. Falls Efficacy Scale International

    Time frame: Right after the intervention

    Participants were assessed by the questionnaire, and we recorded the points of the participants. The higher the point is, the more concerned they are about the falls.

  3. Balance or sensory-Integration test

    Time frame: Right after the intervention

    The balance of postural-stability test and the modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance (m-CTSIB) were performed using the Biodex Stability System (BSS; Biodex Medical Systems, Shirley, New York, USA).

  4. Balance of postural-stability test

    Time frame: Right after the intervention

    The balance of postural stability was tested according to 3 stability indices (overall stability; anterior-to-posterior stability; and medial-to-lateral stability).

  5. Modified Clinical Test for Sensory Integration of Balance (m-CTSIB)

    Time frame: Right after the intervention

    The m-CTSIB, which includes 4 sway indices, was conducted 4 sensory conditions: (1) eyes open whilst standing on a firm surface (EOFIS); (2) eyes closed whilst standing on a firm surface (ECFIS): (3) eves open whilst standing on an unstable (foam) surface (EOFOS); and (4) eyes closed whilst standing on an unstable (foam) surface (ECFOS).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Mar 22, 2023
Registry last updated
Mar 22, 2023

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