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Feasibility of a Tele-game-based Exercise (Tele-exergame) Program to Prevent Deconditioning in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
Conventional in-hospital mobility programs are challenging to deliver to hospitalized infected patients (e.g., COVID-19) due to infection risk to staff, staffing shortages, and potential exposure of other patients. This study evaluates a tele-exergame mobility program, a self-administered, game-based exercise intervention guided by foot-worn sensors and step-by-step interactive guidance on a tablet. The platform promotes strength, balance, and flexibility while enhancing patient motivation and engagement through cognitively demanding gamified tasks, with remote supervision and no to minimum direct physical contact.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
54
Start Date
2021-07-05
Completion Date
2023-12-31
Last Updated
2026-08-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Tele-exergaming Tablet
The Tele-Exergame is a self-administered, tablet-based exercise platform guided by foot-worn sensors. The platform virtually supervises exercise tasks and coaches patients to perform evidence-based foot and ankle exercises designed to improve balance, cognition, and lower extremity vascular health. Foot-worn sensors track body movement in real time, while the tablet provides step-by-step interactive guidance, enabling patients to complete exercises independently without in-person supervision or direct physical contact. The program uses a game-based approach, similar to playing a video game, which increases patient motivation and engagement in the cognitively demanding exercise program. Sessions are performed twice daily, lasting 3 to 10 minutes based on patient ability, for the duration of hospitalization
Locations (1)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Houston, Texas, United States