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Participants
Start Date
August 14, 2024
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2026
HbAEx
Participants will have a 1-week (3 session) on-boarding period where study interventionists will deliver all necessary equipment (bike, pulse oximeters, etc.) to the participants' home, review the AEx program and prescription, and supervise the first 3 sessions to ensure participant understanding and fidelity of the AEx program. Thereafter, the remaining 33 sessions will be conducted by the participant without the direct supervision (asynchronous telerehabilitation) of the study interventionists. Subjects will cycle on recumbent stationary cycles at moderate-vigorous intensity individualized as 50-70% of heart rate reserve (HRR) and/or 11-14 on Borg Category Ratio-15 Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale, for 30-50 minutes per session. Following the completion of each session, during the check-in meeting with the participant, the study interventionist will gather information from the participant (including HR and RPE) for dose quantification.
HbExergame
Participants will cycle as described in the HbAEx protocol while engaging in cognitive training for the duration of cycling. Cognitive training will include 20 levels of difficulty with 8-10 task scenarios in the context of three virtual worlds (environments. In each of the environments, the participant must follow directions and navigate to a destination where the scenario (cognitive task) will be performed. The game will inform the participant of the assigned task and, automatically, determine and inform the participant of the fastest route from the starting point to the scenario destination where the task will be performed. The participant will be required to remember the assigned task, follow the directions and navigate to the destination, and then remember what action is required to complete the task. A scenario-specific cognitive task will be triggered once the destination has been reached. The cycling and cognitive tasks will be completed throughout the sessions.
RECRUITING
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
OTHER