Virtual Reality-enhanced Exercise and Education in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Adherence, Patient, Motivation, Satisfaction

In brief

This study incorporates a virtual reality (VR) simulated walking environment, with audio component of patient education, into the treadmill portion of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The VR program was developed by Plas.MD and is named Bionautica Trails.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03945201

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

72

Starts

2018-01-29

Expected to finish

2019-07-29

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must independently choose or be referred to Jefferson Health Methodist Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.
• Participants must have a referring cardiac condition requiring cardiac rehabilitation therapy.

You may not qualify if…

• Physical inability to use treadmill
• Medically unsafe to use a treadmill for 15 minutes
• Inability to understand English
• Unable to provide consent

Where it is running

• Jefferson Health Methodist Cardiac Rehabilitation Program — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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