VR workouts: fun or fad? new study tests real effects
NCT ID NCT07101341
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how your heart, blood pressure, and fatigue respond to different workouts—with and without virtual reality. Healthy adults aged 18-35 will try four types of exercise: regular aerobic, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and each combined with immersive VR. The goal is to see if VR makes exercise feel easier or harder on the body.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy people between 18 and 35 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Current or recent injury that affects training * Condition that prevents exercise (decompensated heart disease, decompensated respiratory disease, significant mobility difficulties, etc.) * Visual problems that prevent exercise with virtual reality headsets
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, Valencia, 46010, Spain
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