Α Virtual Reality App for Physical and Cognitive Training of Older People With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Mary Hassandra   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Evangelos Galanis   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Marios Goudas   ¹ , PhD ;   Christos Mouzakidis   ² , PhD ;   Eleni Maria Karathanasi   ² , BSc ;   Niki Petridou   ² , BSc ;   Magda Tsolaki   ^{2, 3} , PhD, MD ;   Paul Zikas   ⁴ , PhD ;   Giannis Evangelou   ⁴ ;   George Papagiannakis   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   George Bellis   ⁶ , BEng ;   Christos Kokkotis   ^{1, 6} , MSc, BEng ;   Spyridon Rafail Panagiotopoulos   ⁶ , BEng ;   Giannis Giakas   ¹ , PhD ;   Yannis Theodorakis   ¹ , PhD

¹ School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Dietetics, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece

² Greek Association of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders, Alzheimer Hellas, Thessaloniki, Makedonia, Greece

³ 1st Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Makedonia, Greece

⁴ ORamaVR S.A., Science and Technology Park of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

⁵ Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

⁶ Biomechanical Solutions Engineering (BME), Karditsa, Greece

*these authors contributed equally