英文摘要 |
The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) gives rise to all the world's living spaces being restricted, which leads to participating in exercise has faced challenges. Therefore, establishing exercise types to cope with is needed in the post-pandemic era. Among them, virtual reality (VR) has not only earned attention in the field of technology, but also achieve attention from the academic community in recent years. While positive effects of exercise on cognitive functions have been well established, it is unclear whether VR-based exercise has similar or additional beneficial effects on cognitive functions. Accordingly, this systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of VR-based exercise on cognitive functions and to organize and discuss the types of virtual reality as the reference for future development trend of software and hardware. Two databases (PubMed, Scopus) up to August 2021, were searched. The eligible studies were limited to empirical research for examining the effects of VR-based exercise on cognitions, published in peer-reviewed academic journals, and written in English. Eight studies were included in the current review, and the majority of studies showed a positive benefit of VR-based exercises on cognitive function. Of included studies, four studies show the additional positive effects of VR-based exercise on multiple cognitive functions (general cognitive function, inhibition, working memory, and attention) compared with traditional exercise or passive control. In conclusion, this systematic review provided preliminary evidence showing that VR-based exercise might be an effective strategy to improve cognitive functions. However, more studies are still needed to focus on the dose of exercise, virtual reality types and immersion degree for investigating the relationship between VR-based exercise and cognitive functions. |