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Virtual Reality Exercise for Young Adults at Risk of Digital Gaming Addiction

NCT07718763 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2026-07-22

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Summary

Digital game addiction is associated with reduced physical activity, increased sedentary behavior, and adverse physical and psychosocial health outcomes in young adults. This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a physiological biofeedback-integrated virtual reality (VR)-based exercise intervention for young adults at risk of digital gaming addiction. In this prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial, participants will be randomly assigned to either a VR-based aerobic exercise group or a traditional aerobic exercise group. Both groups will participate in supervised exercise sessions twice weekly for 8 weeks. The primary outcome is physical activity level, while secondary outcomes include functional capacity, muscle strength, physiological responses during exercise, digital gaming addiction severity, exercise enjoyment, and intervention usability.

Conditions

  • Internet Gaming Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Aerobic Exercise

Participants will perform a supervised structured aerobic exercise program twice weekly for 8 weeks. Exercise intensity will be individualized according to target heart rate and progressively adjusted throughout the intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality-Based Aerobic Exercise

Participants will perform supervised aerobic exercise in an immersive virtual reality environment twice weekly for 8 weeks. Exercise intensity will be individualized using heart rate-based physiological biofeedback and progressively adjusted according to participants' physiological responses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Nisantasi University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-25
Primary Completion
2027-03-25
Completion
2027-09-25

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