Relationship Between Modality-specific Dual-task Performance and Immersive Exergaming Outcomes in Healthy Athletes
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: different dual-task paradigms.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Healthy Athlete. Basic parameters: 18 years — 34 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Switzerland
- Next step
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to provide a more specific understanding of which dual task conditions elicit changes in either motor or cognitive performance. A dual-task is a simultaneously performed motor and cognitive task. Exergaming describes physically active gaming. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Can performance in visual and auditory dual-task paradigms explain performance in an immersive exergaming task in healthy athletes? * How are exergaming scores associated with athletic performance tests? * What biomechanical movement patterns are shown during dual-tasks? Researchers will also compare performance of those experienced with jumping and those inexperienced with jumping. Participants will: * Complete two sessions performing athletic performance tests, cognitive tasks, and different dual-tasks while their movement pattern is recorded * Complete questionnaires on load, stress, and sleep during the sessions
Detailed description
The two sessions last each approximately 2 hours and take place within one to 12 weeks. Both sessions involve measurement of biomechanical movement patterns with motion capture.
Interventions
- Other different dual-task paradigms
Participants will perform combined motor-cognitive tasks. During the first session balancing and bilateral jumping will be combined with an additional auditory or visual cognitive task. During the second session participants will do a combined motor-cognitive task in exergaming.
Primary outcome measures
- Cognitive dual-task cost [Time frame: Measurement session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90)]
- Exergaming performance [Time frame: Session 2 (days 6-90)]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Motor dual-task cost [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0)]
- Countermovement Jump [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
- ProAgility Test [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
- Y-Balance Test [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90)]
- Joint Angle [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
- Joint Moment [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
- Ground Reaction Force [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
- Center of pressure [Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- age between 18 and 34 years
- self-reported recreationally or competitively active (more than 2 hours per week)
- self-reported ability to complete change of direction, balancing, and jumping tasks
- capacity to sign informed consent
- ability to understand German
Exclusion criteria
- acute injury in the last 6 months resulting in missing more than 3 training sessions
- severe comorbidity or condition which would prohibit performance of the lsted testing tasks
- self-reported pregnancy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
Switzerland · 1 center
- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences — Winterthur
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07461025 · DUTACO