Virtual Reality High-Intensity Interval Training Exergaming Compared to Traditional High-Intensity Circuit Training Among Medical Students: Pilot Crossover Study

Pietro Merola   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Marcos Barros Cardoso   ⁴ ;   Gabriel Barreto   ⁵ , PhD ;   Matheus Carvalho Chagas   ^{1, 6} ;   Luana Farias Oliveira Saunders   ⁵ , PhD ;   Bryan Saunders   ^{5, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Danilo Cortozi Berton   ^{2, 3} , MD, PhD

¹ Move Sapiens, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

² Postgraduate Program in Pulmonary Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

³ Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

⁴ Medical School, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

⁵ Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

⁶ Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

⁷ Center of Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

⁸ Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport and Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil