Acute Effects of Virtual Reality Exercise on Young Adults’ Blood Pressure and Feelings  

作　　者：Pablo Saiz-Gonzalez Daniel J.McDonough Wenxi Liu Zan Gao 

机构地区：[1]School of Kinesiology,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,Minneapolis,MN 55455,USA [2]Faculty of Teacher Training and Education,University of Oviedo,Asturias,33001,Spain [3]School of Public Health,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,Minneapolis,MN 55455,USA [4]Department of Physical Education,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai,200240,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2023年第5期711-719,共9页国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）

摘　　要：Virtual reality(VR)seems to have the potential to provide opportunities to promote physical activity(PA)in a fun way.This paper aimed to examine the acute effects of three different virtual reality-based exercise bikes on young adults’blood pressure(BP)and feelings compared to a traditional exercise cycling session.Four exercise sessions(immersive VR cycling,two non-immersive VR cycling,and traditional cycling)were completed by 36 young adults(22 females;Mage=23.6 years).BP was measured immediately before and after each session using a BP cuff and exercise-induced feelings were assessed via an established survey immediately after each session.Parti-cipants’previous experience with VR was used as the covariate in the ANCOVA with repeated measures.Signif-icant main effects were observed across cycling sessions for systolic blood pressure[F(2,29)=3.04,p=0.02,(η^(2)=0.38)]and feelings[F(3,32)=7.74,p<0.01,η^(2)=.42].In particular,immersive VR and traditional cycling signif-icantly increased systolic blood pressure compared to the two non-immersive VR sessions.Moreover,immersive VR significantly increased feelings compared to the two non-immersive VR sessions,whereas these two non-immersive VR exercises had significantly greater increased feelings compared to traditional cycling,respectively.Findings suggest immersive VR-based exercise cycling may lead to higher exercise intensities compared to non-immersive VR cycling.Further,immersive VR cycling yielded higher feelings compared to non-immersive VR and traditional cycling.Thus,immersive VR-based exercise can be a fun and physically active health promotion tool among young adults.

关 键 词：Diastolic blood pressure exergaming immersive VR non-immersive VR systolic blood pressure 

分 类 号：R544[医药卫生—心血管疾病] B84[医药卫生—内科学]