Block of exercises | CG: duration/repetitions | CG intervention: Cawthorne-Cooksey protocol | EG intervention: adaptation of Cawthorne-Cooksey protocol to virtual environments | EG: duration/repetition |
Sit down: eyes and head movement | 15 min Each exercise will be performed 10 slow repetitions and then 10 faster repetitions | 1. Stare at a finger put in front of the face; move it closer and farther | Main room of First Steps Take the ping-pong ball and put it in front of the face and move it closer and farther | 24 min (combination of two blocks is performed because some exercises are answered by the same exergame)
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2. Move the head to the right and the left, with open eyes | First Steps: main room and Shots in the Space Move the object in front of eyes and follow it+shooting targets that appeared in the exergame | |||
3. Move the head up and down, with open eyes | Shots in the Space (First Steps) Shooting target that appeared randomly inside the virtual environment | |||
4. Look up and down while the head is fixed | Beat Sabre+main room of First Step Cutting blocks with sabre while head is fixed/hit a ball in the main room and fixated gaze on its movement while head is fixed | |||
5. Look to the right and left while the head is fixed | ||||
6. Repeat exercise 4 and 5 in closed eyes condition | Not possible in virtual environment | |||
Sit down: head and body movement | 15 min Each exercise will be performed 10 slow repetitions and then 10 faster repetitions | 1. Look at an object placed in the floor. Then bring it above the head and place it again on the floor. Along all the movement look to the object. | Main room of First Steps Take a block from the virtual desk and bring to the floor and then above your head, while staring at it | |
2. Shrink your shoulders and do circular movements | Dance with Robot (First Steps) Shrink shoulder while dancing with a robot | |||
3. Bend forward and move an object around your knees | Main room of First Steps Bend forward and move a virtual block between the knees | |||
Standing up exercises | 15 min Each exercise will be performed 5 slow repetitions and then 5 faster repetitions | 1. Sit down and stand up and vice versa with open eyes | Beat Sabre | 21 min
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2. Sit down and stand up and vice versa with closed eyes | Not possible in virtual environment | |||
3. Stand up moving to the right while standing | Bowling (Sports Scramble) Stand up moving to the right or the left while taking a bowling ball | |||
4. Stand up moving to the left while standing | ||||
5. In front of your face, throw a ball from one hand to the other | Baseball/Tennis (Sports Scramble) Throw or hit a ball in front of your face | |||
6. Under the knee level, throw a ball from one hand to the other | Bowling (Sports Scramble) Throw the ball to hit the bowls under the knee level |
CG, control group; EG, experimental group.