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The Impact of Innovative Technology Strategies on Implementing Exercise Programs Using Fully Immersive Virtual Reality for Postpartum Women
Sponsor: Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences
Summary
The study aims to determine the effect of traditional exercise through using fully immersive virtual reality in postpartum female with lumbopelvic pain. This study will be single-blind randomized clinical -trial and will be conducted at Shalamar Institute of health sciences in 1 year after the approval by institutional review board. Sixty female participants with a history of lumbopelvic pain will be recruited on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data will be collected after taking written Informed Consent from each patient. The included participants will be randomized by gold fish randomization method and allocated to two groups (A \& B) each with 30 participants.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
20 Years - 40 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
34
Start Date
2023-08-02
Completion Date
2026-01-22
Last Updated
2026-01-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Traditional exercise as control group
Standard Traditional exercise program: The traditional exercises will include Kegel pelvic floor exercise, dead weight lifts, wide back rows, lunges with rotation, good morning (hip hinge), and lateral side bends. . Pre and post measurement will be taken before and after the session.
VR Intervention Group Protocol
Participants in the intervention group will undergo a virtual reality (VR)-based exercise program using Meta Quest 2 head-mounted displays (Meta Platforms Inc., USA) and the Lumbar Pain Rehab software provided by DynamicsVR (Dynamics VR S.L., Cadiz, Spain). The virtual reality (VR) intervention will consist of eight structured sessions designed to address postpartum lumbo-pelvic pain through the immersive, interactive training. Each session incorporating pelvic floor muscle training using VR, consisting of three sets of 12 repetitions, with each contraction and relaxation phase lasting three seconds. In addition, patients engaged in two five-minute blocks of immersive VR activities with a two-minute rest interval, resulting in total session duration of 18 minutes. A familiarization session will be conducted prior to the intervention to acclimate participants to the VR environment. This will include modified pelvic floor training (3 sets of 8 repetitions; 3 seconds of contraction.
Locations (1)
Shalamar School of Allied Health Sciences
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan