Healthy Athlete
Conditions
Keywords
dual task
Brief summary
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
OTHERdifferent 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.
Sponsors
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 34 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive dual-task cost | Measurement session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90) | Dual-task cost with the different modalities are operationalized by reaction time. |
| Exergaming performance | Session 2 (days 6-90) | Operationalized as task success rate |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Motor dual-task cost | Session 1 (day 0) | The motor dual-task costs are operationalized by the peak knee abduction angle. |
| Countermovement Jump | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Height of a countermovement jump |
| ProAgility Test | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Measured using the total elapsed time in the ProAgility Test. |
| Y-Balance Test | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90) | Measured using the composite reach distance in all directions of the Y-Balance Test. |
| Joint Angle | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Angles of ankle, knee, and hip during the dual-tasks. |
| Joint Moment | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Moments of ankle, knee, and hip during the dual-tasks. |
| Ground Reaction Force | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Ground reaction force during the dual-tasks. |
| Center of pressure | Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90) | Center of pressure during the dual-tasks. |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed