Improving Heart Health in Individuals With SCI Using Home-Based Virtual Gaming

Rehabilitation

General health

Online since 18 March 2025, updated 70 days ago

About this trial

This trial is enrolling 16 participants with spinal cord injury to test a 12-week home-based virtual reality (VR) exercise program (VR-Move). VR uses a computer generated visual display to simulate real world experience. If included, participants will undergo a 4-week control phase, followed by 12 weeks of VR-based exercise training, using the VR-Move platform three times per week for 30 minutes per session. Final testing of feasibility and cardiovascular health will be performed after 16 weeks.

Included participants

Gender

All

Age

≥ 18 years

Injury level

C1 - S5

Severity (AIS)?

AIS-A

AIS-B

AIS-C

AIS-D

Time since injury

All

Healthy volunteers

C1-S5

Additionally, participants must

be wheelchair users (at least 75% of community mobility)

What’s involved

Type

Rehabilitation

Details

- Participants will undergo a 4-week control phase, followed by a 12-week home-based virtual reality (VR) exercise program (VR-Move). They will use the VR-Move platform three times per week for 30 minutes per session. - VR is a computer generated experience of visual displays that are similar to the real world, through head-mounted displays such as smart-glasses. - Final testing of feasibility and cardiovascular health will be performed after 16 weeks.

Potential benefits

Main benefits

General health

Additional benefits

Mental health and psychosocial factors

Pain

Good to know: Potential benefits are defined as outcomes that are being measured during and/or after the trial.

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