The Effect of Power Posing on Timed Up and Go Test Score

Healthy Volunteers Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Posture on Timed up and go

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03032393
• Other study ID #: 071-2017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 3, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: Youngstown State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study determines the effects of posture on time up and go test. Half of the subjects will assume a high-power posture, while the other half will assume a low-power posture.

Description:

Subjects in the experimental group were instructed to stand with hands on their hips, elbows pointing out and feet approximately one foot apart for 20 seconds. Subjects in the control group were instructed to stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together for 20 seconds. Timed Up and Go test was administered using an OmniVR™ Virtual Rehabilitation System before and after the postural intervention

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• male or female, age 18 to 65, with all 4 extremities intact, and ability to stand still for 20 seconds.

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to stand with their feet together or one foot apart for at least 20 seconds, unable to wrap their arms around their torso or keep their hands on their hips for 20 seconds, unable to perform sit to stand transfer and ambulation independently, and cognitive impairments that interfere with the experimental procedures.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Volunteers

Intervention

Other:
• high-power
Subjects will stand with hands on their hips, elbows pointing out and feet approximately one foot apart (high-power) for 20 seconds.
• low-power
Subjects will stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together (low-power) for 20 seconds.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Youngstown State University	Youngstown	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Youngstown State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Timed up and go Test	Patients wear their regular footwear and can use a walking aid if needed. Begin by having the patient sit back in a standard arm chair and identify a line 3 meters or 10 feet away on the floor. The timed up and go test measures the amount of time, in seconds, that it takes to stand from a chair, walk 3 meters, turn around and walk back to the chair, and sit down again.; A change between pre and post postural intervention is reported. The time point for pre intervention is at baseline. The time point for post intervention is immediately after the intervention.	Up to 3 minutes during each Timed up and go Test. Twice (pre and post the postural intention) at the same session (day).