Relationship Between Modality-specific Dual-task Performance and Immersive Exergaming Outcomes in Healthy Athletes

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-34
SponsorZurich University of Applied Sciences

About this trial

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

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • different dual-task paradigms

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group