Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/80729, first published .
Effects, Feasibility, and Safety of an Early Mobilization Protocol With Immersive Virtual Reality for Dyspnea in Patients With Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure: The MOVE Randomized Clinical Trial

Effects, Feasibility, and Safety of an Early Mobilization Protocol With Immersive Virtual Reality for Dyspnea in Patients With Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure: The MOVE Randomized Clinical Trial

Effects, Feasibility, and Safety of an Early Mobilization Protocol With Immersive Virtual Reality for Dyspnea in Patients With Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure: The MOVE Randomized Clinical Trial

Iasmin Borges Fraga   1 , PT, MSc, ScD ;   Larissa Gussatschenko Caballero   2, 3 , RN, MSc, ScD ;   Carlos Eduardo Maciel Tremea   4 , PT ;   Janaína dos Santos Prates   3 , RN ;   Gabrielle Perin   3 , NS ;   Vitor Alves Guedes   3 , RN ;   Pedro Dal Lago   5 , PT, MSc, ScD ;   Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva   6, 7 , RN, MSc, ScD

1 Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2 Heart Failure Clinic, Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

3 Graduate Program in Nursing, Nursing School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

4 Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Physiotherapy School, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

5 Physiotherapy Department, Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

6 Vascular Access Program, Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

7 Graduate Program in Nursing and Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Corresponding Author:

  • Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, RN, MSc, ScD
  • Graduate Program in Nursing and Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • 963 São Manoel Street, Rio Branco
  • Porto Alegre 90620-110
  • Brazil
  • Phone: 55 5133598017
  • Fax: 55 33598657
  • Email: eneidarabelo@gmail.com