Virtual Reality During Exercise Testing
NCT Number: NCT06464406
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Virtual Reality
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Virtual Reality condition|BEHAVIORAL: Control condition
Sponsor: Augusta University
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 24
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: CROSSOVER|Masking: SINGLE (OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: OTHER
Start Date: 2024-06-07
Completion Date: 2024-10-07
Locations: Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, 30909, United States

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.

Primary Outcome Measures: 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 Outcome Measures: Peak power, The work load (in Watts) of the highest exercise test stage that was completed, Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|Total test time, The duration of the test (in minutes), not including the warm-up., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|RPE, Rating of Perceived Exertion measured from 0 (no perceived exertion) to 10 (maximal perceived exertion)., Assessed throughout the exercise test for each condition (at the end of the warm-up and end of every even-numbered stage)..|Affective Valence, Affective valence measured from -5 (feeling very bad) to +5 (feeling very good)., 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, The percentage of VO2peak at which the ventilatory threshold was reached., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|Heart rate at ventilatory threshold, The heart rate corresponding to the time that the ventilatory threshold was reached., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|Heart rate at VO2peak, The heart rate (in beats per minute) at which VO2peak was reached., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) at VO2peak, The proportion of carbon dioxide production to oxygen consumption when VO2peak was reached., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.|Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) at ventilatory threshold, The proportion of carbon dioxide production to oxygen consumption when the ventilatory threshold was reached., Assessed during the exercise test for each condition.