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Motivation While Doing Physical Exercise in a Social Dual-task Virtual Environment

NCT07050654 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2026-02-09

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Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to assess the difference in participants' motivation while performing a virtual reality-based dual-task exercise in a single-player vs. multi-player modality. The populations involved are the following: healthy young adults (14-18 ys.); children and adolescents (12-17 ys.) with motor disorders; older adults with neurological or respiratory conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is a "social" virtual environment better in promoting motivation to perform physical exercise? Is a "social" virtual environment better in promoting involvement, perceived social inclusion, and exercise performance?

Forty participants will test the single-player and the multi-player scenarios in a single-session and will rate their experiences with subjective questionnaires. A subgroup of participants (12) will use the multi-player system for 3 weeks/3 times a week.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Dual-task cycling

Pairs of participants are formed, who will be the SocialBike players; these pairs consist of users from the same center. The two players are in the same room where two replicas of the SocialBike system are installed. The participants can each view, on their own screen, the virtual scenario, either a park or a city environment. Movement within these VR environments is synchronized with the patient's actual pedaling speed, measured in revolutions per minute (RPM) from the cycle ergometer. Movement occurs along a predefined path. The participant's heart rate will always be monitored. The therapist chooses the optimal ergometer workload, the type of exercise, and social/single-player mode. Each session (either single- or multi-player mode) lasts 10 minutes. The available exercise are: "Find the intruder" (go/no-go task); "Prepare your Meal" (spatial attention); "Watch the road" (working memory).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Eugenio Medea

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centro Riabilitativo Villa Beretta

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

    collaborator OTHER

  • Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-18
Completion
2025-12-18

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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