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Preserving Ability Through Virtual Exercise (PAVE)

NCT07189286 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2026-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Each day in the hospital leads to functional decline and loss of muscle mass, which older adults can find difficult or impossible to restore in the post-acute period. The overall objective of this proposed project is to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a virtual reality physical activity intervention at helping older adults engage in physical activity and maintain physical function and mental health during their hospital stay. As virtual reality technology becomes more affordable and ubiquitously available across the world, this study will demonstrate how this technology could be leveraged to maintain the function of older adults in the hospital.

Conditions

  • Feasibility Studies

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PAVE intervention

The commercial virtual reality app that will be used for the intervention, Supernatural, provides participants a trainer as they use their arms and legs (e.g., seated knee strikes) to smash targets to 500+ musical tracks. In this manner, this study employs fun as a motivator for exercise commencement and adherence while hospitalized. The research assistant will implement the intervention using the three-step approach including: (1) patient mobility screen, (2) orientation to the technology and intervention, and (3) ongoing assessment, adaptation, and motivation.

BEHAVIORAL

Education control

Education control participants will receive and physical activity education using the NIH "Get Fit for Life" booklet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brittany Burch, PhD, MSN, RN · University of Maryland Baltiomre

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-01
Primary Completion
2029-02-01
Completion
2030-01-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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