TY - JOUR
T1 - PedaleoVR
T2 - Usability study of a virtual reality application for cycling exercise in patients with lower limb disorders and elderly people
AU - Rojo, Ana
AU - Castrillo, Arantxa
AU - López, Cristina
AU - Perea, Luis
AU - Alnajjar, Fady
AU - Moreno, Juan C.
AU - Raya, Rafael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Rojo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Achieving adherence to physical exercise training is essential in elders and adults with neurological disorders. Immersive technologies are seeing wide adoption among new neurorehabilitation therapies, as they provide a highly effective motivational and stimulating component. The aim of this study is to verify whether the developed virtual reality system for pedaling exercise is accepted and could be safety, useful and motivating for these populations. A feasibility study was conducted with patients with neuromotor disorders and elderly people from Lescer Clinic and the residential group Albertia, respectively. All the participants performed a pedaling exercise session with virtual reality platform. Then, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the System Usability Scale (SUS), Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire, were assessed in the group of 20 adults (mean age = 61.1; standard deviation = 12.617, 15 males and 5 females) with lower limb disorders. While the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire, Presence Questionnaire, Game user Experience Satisfaction Scale and SUS were assessed in the group of 18 elders (mean age = 85.16; standard deviation = 5.93, 5 males and 13 females). In light of the outcomes, PedaleoVR is considered to be a credible, usable and motivational tool towards adults with neuromotor disorders to perform cycling exercise, and therefore its usage could contribute to adherence to lower limb training activities. Moreover, PedaleoVR does not generate negative effects related to cybersickness while the sensation of presence and the degree of satisfaction generated have been positively evaluated by the geriatric population.
AB - Achieving adherence to physical exercise training is essential in elders and adults with neurological disorders. Immersive technologies are seeing wide adoption among new neurorehabilitation therapies, as they provide a highly effective motivational and stimulating component. The aim of this study is to verify whether the developed virtual reality system for pedaling exercise is accepted and could be safety, useful and motivating for these populations. A feasibility study was conducted with patients with neuromotor disorders and elderly people from Lescer Clinic and the residential group Albertia, respectively. All the participants performed a pedaling exercise session with virtual reality platform. Then, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the System Usability Scale (SUS), Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire, were assessed in the group of 20 adults (mean age = 61.1; standard deviation = 12.617, 15 males and 5 females) with lower limb disorders. While the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire, Presence Questionnaire, Game user Experience Satisfaction Scale and SUS were assessed in the group of 18 elders (mean age = 85.16; standard deviation = 5.93, 5 males and 13 females). In light of the outcomes, PedaleoVR is considered to be a credible, usable and motivational tool towards adults with neuromotor disorders to perform cycling exercise, and therefore its usage could contribute to adherence to lower limb training activities. Moreover, PedaleoVR does not generate negative effects related to cybersickness while the sensation of presence and the degree of satisfaction generated have been positively evaluated by the geriatric population.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0280743
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0280743
M3 - Article
C2 - 36812248
AN - SCOPUS:85148549360
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 18
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 2 February
M1 - e0280743
ER -