the effect of eight weeks of virtual reality training on the time to stabilization in elderly men

Rahmani, Porya; Beheshti Marnani, Javad; Zamanifard, Niloufar

doi:10.22034/ijmbsp.2024.491051.1129

the effect of eight weeks of virtual reality training on the time to stabilization in elderly men

10.22034/ijmbsp.2024.491051.1129

Volume 5, Issue 1
Spring 2025

Pages 18-25

Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

porya rahmani ¹

Javad Beheshti Marnani ²

Niloufar Zamanifard ³

¹ Master&#039;s student, Department of Health and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Pathology and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran

³ Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of eight weeks of virtual reality training on the time to stabilization in elderly men. In this quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group, 30 healthy elderly men from Isfahan city aged 60 to 80 years were selected voluntarily to participate in the study and were randomly assigned to two groups of 15: virtual reality intervention and control. In the pre-test and post-test phases, participants performed the stair-descent task on the force plate in 3 attempts. In the intervention phase (training), which was conducted for eight weeks, 2 sessions per week, and each session lasted 30 minutes, the intervention was performed for each group. The data were analyzed using paired t test and univariate analysis of covariance. The results of the present study showed that the virtual reality program had a significant effect on improving the time to stabilization (anterior-posterior and central-lateral) in elderly men (P<0.01). According to the results of this study, it is recommended that trainers and geriatric specialists take advantage of the advantages of virtual reality programs in improving the time to stabilization in elderly men.

Keywords

Virtual reality

time to stabilization

elderly

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