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Adapted High-Intensity Virtual Reality Exergaming

Adapted High-Intensity Virtual Reality Exergaming

Not Recruiting
13-25 years
All
Phase N/A
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Overview

This study will test the acceptability and benefits of a home-based high-intensity virtual reality exercise program for young people with physical disabilities. The program will last 6 weeks. There will be a total of two visits to the laboratory for exercise-related health assessments. The program includes head-mounted displays (Meta Quest) and off-the-shelf games.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • overweight or obese (based on CDC body mass index normative ranges for age and sex)
  • physically inactive (<150 min/week of moderate exercise)
  • Gross Motor Function Classification System level (GMFCS) levels I-IV
  • Physician clearance to participate
  • Wifi internet access at home

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Complete blindness or deafness
  • GMFCS level V
  • Unable to communicate in English
  • Prone to photosensitive seizures
  • Pregnant (due to radiation from a Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry [DXA] scan

Study details
    Cerebral Palsy

NCT07155213

University of Alabama at Birmingham

30 January 2026

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