VR Motor-cognitive Training for Older People With Cognitive Frailty

Launched by THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY · Jan 26, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

In the intervention, VR will be employed to simulate a daily living environment familiar to older people. Participants will wear a commercially available head-mounted VR system with hand-held controllers to experience the participation of daily activities in a virtual environment. Simultaneous physical and cognitive training will be embedded in the training system to promote optimal function. Participants will attend physical training in a sitting position through cycling on an ergometer and moving the hand-held controllers. Motion sensors built into the VR system and ergometer will track t...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age ≥ 60 years,
• • Self-reported or informant-reported cognitive complaints
• • Objective cognitive impairment, as defined by a Clinical Dementia Rating of 0.5 and a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of \<25
• • Preservation of one's independence, as defined by the Lawton's Instrumental Activity of Daily Living score of \>14
• • No diagnosed dementia, as observed in the medical record
• • Physical frailty from being pre-frail to frail, as defined by a Fried Frailty Index (FFI) score of 1-5.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participants who have impaired mobility, as defined by Modified Functional Ambulatory Classification (MFAC) \< Category 7 (i.e., Outdoor walker),
• • or probable dementia, i.e., MoCA \< 17 or clinical dementia rating ≥ 1.