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Effects of Virtual Reality Exercise on Promoting Physical Activity and Health Among College Students

NCT06902727 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2025-03-30

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Summary

The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of a 4-week immersive-virtual reality (VR) exercise bike intervention on college students' physiological outcomes (physical activity levels, cardiovascular fitness, and body composition) and psychological outcomes (situational motivation, situational interest, mood states, and depressive symptoms).

Conditions

  • Physical Activity Levels
  • Cardiovascular Fitness
  • Body Composition
  • Situational Motivation
  • Situational Interest
  • Mood States
  • Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

DEVICE

VR-based exercise bike

For the intervention group, participations exercised on an immersive VR-based exercise bike for one hour, twice per week, for 4 weeks. Participants in the control group were asked to maintain their usual routine after the baseline test for 4 weeks. Participants were scheduled separately coming to lab for the post-test after 4 weeks and all participants received the identical assessments in aforementioned physiological and psychological outcomes.

OTHER

Usual routine

Participants were asked to maintain their usual activities, without engaging in any other physical activity intervention during the 4-week study period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-28
Primary Completion
2020-11-01
Completion
2021-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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