Virtual Reality During Exercise Testing

NCT06464406 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2130870
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effects of virtual reality use on maximal aerobic exercise test performance (aerobic capacity) in healthy adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does using a virtual reality program during a maximal aerobic exercise test lead to differences in VO2peak (maximal aerobic capacity)? and,
• Does using a virtual reality program during a maximal aerobic exercise test lead to differences in work rate at the ventilatory threshold? Participants will complete a maximal aerobic exercise test two times (separated by 1 week of recovery) under the following conditions:
• normal testing conditions in a lab
• while viewing a virtual reality video Researchers will compare the test results of both conditions to see if the use of a virtual reality program alters VO2peak or the ventilatory threshold.

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Keywords

virtual reality; cardiorespiratory fitness; anaerobic threshold; bicycle ergometer test

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• VO2peak

  The highest level of oxygen uptake averaged over a 20-second period.

  Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.

• Ventilatory threshold

  The work load (in Watts) during the maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test at which breakpoints are identified between metabolic measures associated with the ventilatory threshold (CO2 production and O2 utilization; ventilatory equivalent for O2 and O2 utilization; and excess CO2 production).

  Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Peak power

  Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.

• Total test time

  Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.

• RPE

  Assessed throughout the exercise test for each condition (at the end of the warm-up and end of every even-numbered stage)..

• Affective Valence

  Assessed throughout the exercise test for each condition (at the end of the warm-up and end of every even-numbered stage)..

• %VO2peak at ventilatory threshold

  Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.

Study Arms (2)

Control condition completed first

EXPERIMENTAL

In this arm, the Control condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test) will be completed first, and the Virtual Reality condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test with the addition of virtual reality video) will be completed second.

Behavioral: Virtual Reality condition; Behavioral: Control condition

Virtual Reality condition completed first

EXPERIMENTAL

In this arm, the Virtual Reality condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test with the addition of virtual reality video) will be completed first, and the Control condition (traditional maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test) will be completed second.

Behavioral: Virtual Reality condition; Behavioral: Control condition

Interventions

Virtual Reality condition BEHAVIORAL

Participants will watch a video on a virtual reality headset during the completion of the maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test.

Control condition completed first; Virtual Reality condition completed first

Control condition BEHAVIORAL

Participants will complete the maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test under control conditions without video, music, or other distractions.

Control condition completed first; Virtual Reality condition completed first

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may not qualify if:

• Answering "YES" to one or more items on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).
• Women who are pregnant at the time of participation according to a pregnancy test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Augusta University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia, 30909, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Andrew R Moore, PhD

  Augusta University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Andrew R Moore, PhD

CONTACT

650-477-7746; andmoore@augusta.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: It is not possible to mask the participant or data collection personnel from the conditions because the Virtual Reality condition requires that the headset be worn. Metabolic data and resulting outcomes (i.e. VO2peak value) will be analyzed by independent research assistants who will be blinded to the condition under which the data were gathered.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: This study will use a repeated-measures crossover model in which each participant completes the two conditions of the maximal exercise test (Control and Virtual Reality) in a randomized, counterbalanced order.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2024
• First Posted: June 18, 2024
• Study Start: June 7, 2024
• Primary Completion: October 7, 2024
• Study Completion: October 7, 2024
• Last Updated: June 21, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)