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Gaming Technology and Cardiac Rehabilitation

Sponsored by Bahria University

About this trial

Last updated 3 years ago

Study ID

FRC-BUMDC 23/2021

Status

Completed

Type

Interventional

Phase

N/A

Placebo

Yes

Accepting

18-75 Years
All
All
All

Not accepting

Not accepting
Healthy Volunteers

Trial Timing

Ended 3 years ago

What is this trial about?

Moderate to vigorous physical activity has been shown to be associated with autonomic regulation of the heart measured with heart rate variability. Cardiac autonomic modulation can be evaluated by heart rate variability. Activity promoting games can be an effective tool to aid rehabilitation in clinical settings. Combining gaming with the ergo-cycle can facilitate improving patients' activity time spent on the cycle.

What are the participation requirements?

Yes

Inclusion Criteria

- Patients submitted to elective cardiac surgery (valvular or coronary bypass surgery by sternotomy)

- Both male and female

- a score of 15 on the Glasgow Coma Scale

- musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary conditions suitable for the accomplishment of the proposed activities

- absence of neurological sequelae and/or neurodegenerative diseases

No

Exclusion Criteria

- Those who had difficulty understanding the activities involved in the study.

- those with any motor or neurological impairment that would prevent them from using a cycle ergometer.

- those who discontinued the protocol on the ward for return to the ICU

- previous cardiac surgeries

- hemodynamic instability that prevented protocol performance

- breathing discomfort

- invasive ventilatory support

- oxygen saturation below 90% (even with complementary oxygen therapy)

- coagulation disorders

- infections in any of the systems

- nonperformance of the whole protocol

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