20 healthy man, 10 in trial group and 10 in control group (randomly divided) will participate in the experiment on order to evaluate if improvement in physical fitness influences spatial learning in humans.
subjects in both groups will perform 4 sets of VO2max test and spatial orientation test with a month between them (total 3 month). in addition, subjects in trial group will follow a training program throughout the trial (running on treadmill 3 times a week), suited according to their result in the first VO2max test. in each set VO2max test will be perform before spatial orientation test , in order to evaluated the subject's aerobic fitness. the spatial orientation test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject has 3 attempts to arrive to a destination in xbox one controller using a virtual glasses (Oculus Rift DK2). each attempt duration is 2 min.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
subjects in the trial group will follow a training program which includes 3 times a week running on a treadmill.
each subject will perform 4 times VO2max test according to BRUCE protocol in order to evaluate his aerobic fitness.
each subject will undergo 4 spatial orientation tests during the trial (month between 2 tests), each test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject will wear virtual reality glasses (Oculus Rift DK2) and attempt to arrive different destinations in a virtual maze tasks (using xbox one controller). each day will be given 3 attempts, the duration of each attempt is 2 min.
Sheba medical center
Tel Litwinsky, Ramat- Gan, Israel
spatial learning (composite)
each spatial orientation test length is 5 days. spatial learning is evaluated through time for completion and number of errors out of 3 attempts each day.
Time frame: 20 experimental days for each participant
maximal aerobic capacity
VO2max tests along the trial are performed in order to evaluate the improvement or lack of improvement in both groups in correlation with their spatial learning.
Time frame: 4 experimental days for each participant
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