This study asks three questions about Persons with Parkinson Disease that use a bicycle for exercise. 1. Does the use of virtual reality increase the intensity and and enjoyment of the experience compared to bicycling without virtual reality? 2. Does the way in which the bicycling (interval compared to continous) is performed affect the experience? 3. How does the way the virtual reality is delivered (with goggles or projected on a screen) affect the experience?
Participants attend two sessions. They complete movement assessments and questionnaires about physical activity. During the first session they bicycle in a semi-immersive (projected on a screen) and an immersive (with googles) virtual environment. After each bout they completed a questionnaire about the experience. In the second session they bicycle four times with and without a virtual environment using both a continous and interval mode. Their oxygen consumption is measured during cycling. They complete questionnaires after each exercise bout.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
In one session: Exercise intensity and enjoyment are measured while participants bicycle in a virtual compared to non-virtual environment. Cycling takes places in two modes continous and interval. In a second session exercise intensity and enjoyment are compared during bicycling with virtual reality presented in two different ways.
School of Health Professions
Newark, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGNew York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New York, United States
COMPLETEDNeuromuscular Intensity
bicycling cadence collected continuously
Time frame: Collected in two sessions: Session 1(day 1 for 2 hours) collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts.____Session 2 (day 2 for 2 hours) collected continuously in four exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts
Physiological Responses to Exercise- Oxygen Consumption
Metabolic equivalents derived from oxygen consumption which is collected continuously during four exercise bouts.
Time frame: Collected in two sessions: Session 1(day 1 for 2 hours) collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts___ Session 2 (day 2 for 2 hours) collected continuously in four exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts
Enjoyment-Motivation
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory Enjoyment sub-scales collected at the end of each exercise bout
Time frame: Collected in two sessions: Session 1 collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts in a 2 hour Session 2: in four exercise bouts in a 2 hour session to compare exercise bouts
Heart Rate % of maximum
Collected continuously during exercise bouts and will be evaluated as a % of age adjusted maximum heart rate
Time frame: Collected in two sessions: Session 1 collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts in a 2 hour Session 2: in four exercise bouts in a 2 hour session to compare exercise bouts
Borg Scale for Rate of perceived exertion
Self-Report of Effort collected at a multiple time points to compare with exercise bouts
Time frame: Collected in both Day 1 and 2 (each day is two hours) as follows: Day 1 (4 times in each of the two cycling bouts) Day 2 (6 times each of the four cycling bouts)
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Cyber sickness Questionnaire
16 item questionnaire about feelings or symptoms of cyber sickness
Time frame: Collected in Day 1 (2 hour session) twice to compare before and after scores
Perceived Effort Ranking
Rating of Bicycling Conditions relative to each other (and audio recording of experience)
Time frame: Collected in once in day 1 and once in day 2
Enjoyment Ranking
Rating of Bicycling Conditions relative to each other (and audio recording of experience)
Time frame: Collected in once in day 1 and once in day 2