A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Trial of Virtual Reality in Maintenance Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in a Low-Resource Setting: Impact on Adherence, Motivation, and Engagement.
Mayara Moura Alves da CruzAna Laura Ricci-VitorGiovanna Lombardi Bonini BorgesPaula Fernanda da SilvaNatália Turri-SilvaCarolina TakahashiSherry L GraceLuiz Carlos Marques VanderleiPublished in: Physical therapy (2021)
Supplementing a maintenance CR program with VR using "exergames" resulted in significantly greater adherence (8% increase or 3 of 36 sessions), and this was quite a robust effect given it was extinguished with the removal of VR. However, contrary to the hypotheses, offering 1 session of VR per week and 2 of usual CR exercise was related to lower motivation and absorption, which has implications for how clinicians design programs for this patient population.
Keyphrases
- virtual reality
- high intensity
- placebo controlled
- phase iii
- clinical trial
- case report
- study protocol
- open label
- social media
- public health
- phase ii
- glycemic control
- quality improvement
- physical activity
- palliative care
- double blind
- resistance training
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- adipose tissue
- working memory
- insulin resistance