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