Key result
Adding virtual reality to traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation is linked to stable hemodynamic and autonomic profiles.
Why the study?
It was unknown whether combining virtual reality-based therapy with traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation maintains or improves clinical and autonomic variables over the long term during the maintenance phase.
Does the combination of virtual reality-based therapy (VRBT) and traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation maintain or improve clinical and autonomic variables in cardiac patients in the maintenance phase?
Observational
Does the combination of virtual reality-based therapy (VRBT) and traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation maintain or improve clinical and autonomic variables in cardiac patients in the maintenance phase?
The addition of virtual reality-based therapy to traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation maintains long-term hemodynamic and autonomic stability in cardiac patients.
BACKGROUND: In Cardiovascular Rehabilitation (CR), patient adherence to the maintenance phase is a major challenge. Virtual reality-based therapy (VRBT) promotes acute hemodynamic and autonomic repercussions similar to traditional rehabilitation and can increase patient adherence to the program. However, it is unknown whether the combination of VRBT to a traditional CR manages to maintain or even improve clinical and autonomic variables in long term. OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether VRBT combination in a traditional CR can maintain or improve clinical and autonomic variables in cardiac patients in the maintenance phase of these programs. METHODS: week) of the following outcomes: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse saturation of oxygen, heart rate, perceived exertion, and cardiac autonomic modulation, using linear and non-linear heart rate variability methods. RESULTS: Except for the apparent lack of clinical significance observed in Shannon Entropy, LF (nu), and HF (nu), the combination of VRBT as routine in a traditional program did not cause significant changes in the analyzed variables. CONCLUSION: combination of VRBT was able to maintain the chronic hemodynamic and autonomic repercussions caused by traditional CR.
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Cruz et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Cardiac patients in cardiovascular rehabilitation. Virtual reality-based therapy (VRBT) vs. Traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation was evaluated on Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse saturation of oxygen, heart rate, perceived exertion, and cardiac autonomic modulation. Virtual reality-based therapy combined with traditional cardiovascular rehabilitation maintained chronic hemodynamic and autonomic variables without causing significant changes.
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