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Virtual Reality Activity-based Training for Preventing Falls for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

NCT05971420 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2023-08-02

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Summary

Using a Virtual Reality (VR) games-based application is as an innovative falls prevention technology in an aged care service. The VR intervention has promising effects on improving the physical and balance performances in the older adults.The study explored and evaluated the effects of VR activity-based training on falls prevention among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

VR activity-based

VR games activities were chosen for simulated cognitive-motor training in the VR group. The VR training modules for this study included fire drill, walking exercise, balancing game activities and community shopping practices. These training modules involved dual task components; the participant was expected to train up his/her physical and cognitive motor performances in an 8-week VR activity-based program. VR group participants received 2-sessions per week, 16 training sessions in total.

OTHER

Exercise-based (Baduanjin)

The exercise group used a traditional Chinese Qigong Baduanjin exercise incorporating with a fall prevention education strategy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Queensland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • WING KEUNG IP · University of Southern Queensland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-30
Completion
2022-01-15

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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