Personalized, physiotherapist-guided exercise programs in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): home-based vs. immersive virtual reality (JiaFitXR)
Authors' conclusion
Both physiotherapist-guided exercise approaches effectively enhanced physical and functional outcomes in adolescents with JIA.
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents aged 13–18 years with JIA
- Participants
- 50 adolescents
- Comparison
- Immersive virtual reality exergaming programme (JiaFitXR) vs home-based programme (HomeEX), both physiotherapist-guided
Methodological details1:1 randomisation, assessor-blinded, intention-to-treat
- 1:1 randomisation
- Assessor-blinded
- Intention-to-treat
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Physical fitness, functional capacity and physical activity · post-intervention (8 weeks)
- Both interventions significantly improved physical fitness, functional capacity and daily activity
- P < 0.05
- Greater gains in 1-Min Sit-to-Stand, Step-Up and Step-Down tests, lower-extremity endurance and neuromuscular activation with JiaFitXR
- P < 0.05
- Superior improvements in flexibility and upper-extremity strength with HomeEX
- P < 0.05
Original publication
Personalized, physiotherapist-guided exercise programs in JIA: home-based vs. immersive virtual reality (JiaFitXR). Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 1 July 2026. doi:10.
Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →