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Exploring Virtual Reality Adventure Training Exergaming

Exploring Virtual Reality Adventure Training Exergaming (V-RATE) on Veterans' Health Outcomes

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests an 8-week program that uses virtual reality adventure games for exercise. It focuses on women who are U.S. military veterans and looks at effects on physical and mental health. There is also a follow-up check 1 month later.

The current project aims to design and implement an 8-week Virtual Reality Adventure Therapy Exergaming (V-RATE) intervention focused on women veterans. A randomized controlled trial using a repeated measure design with a 1-month follow-up assessment will be employed to examine effects on physical and mental health outcomes.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Are 18 to 45 years old.
  • Identify as a U.S. military veteran.
  • Have normal vision and no color blindness.

Who can't join

  • Cannot walk on your own, or use a walking aid such as a brace, wheelchair, cane, crutch, walker, or knee scooter.
  • Have a joint problem that limits movement, such as arthritis, or an ongoing bone or joint injury.
  • Are pregnant or think you might be pregnant.
  • Have a condition that affects movement, or trouble sensing motion or keeping your balance.
  • Have color blindness.
  • Have a brain, nerve, memory, or thinking disorder, such as a traumatic brain injury or a history of seizures.
  • Have had heart surgery, or have ongoing heart or blood vessel problems that prevent exercise or joining the study.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Are between the ages of 18 and 45 2. Identify as a U.S. military veteran 4\. Normal vision (no colorblindness) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to walk independently (e.g., use of any mobility assistive device such as brace, wheelchair, cane, crutch, walker, knee scooter) 2. Self-reported joint problem that limits mobility (e.g., arthritis or other condition that would prevent participation) or ongoing orthopedic injury 3. Self-reported pregnancy or suspicion of pregnancy 4. Self-reported motor disorder or impaired sense of motion or balance (such as Parkinsonism) 5. Self-reported color blindness 6. Self-reported neurological or cognitive disorder (e.g., TBI, history of seizure) 7. Self-reported cardiac surgery or any ongoing cardiovascular issues preventing participation or physical activity.

Study sites (1)

TX