Effects of Square-stepping Exercise Training on the Attention, Dynamic Balance and Lower Extremity Motor Coordination

Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Square-stepping Exercise Training on the Attention, Dynamic Balance and Lower Extremity Motor Coordination

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04804475
• Other study ID #: Effect of SSE Training
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 10, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Pamukkale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Physical activity plays an indispensable role to lead a healthy life. Square-stepping exercises (SSE) are aerobic exercises. Our study was designed to investigate the effects of square-stepping exercise training on the attention, dynamic balance and lower extremity motor coordination of sedentary healthy young individuals.

A total of 112 volunteers within the age range of 20-25 participated in the research. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, as 56 participants were study group (28 females, 28 males) and 56 participants were control group (28 females, 28 males). Demographic data and exercise habit of the individuals were documented. Stroop Test was used to assess Attention, Four-step Square Test was used to assess Dynamic Balance and Lower-extremity Motor Coordination Test was used to assess Motor Coordination. Throughout 3 weeks SSE training was administered 4 days a week for a length of 45 minutes in each session. All the analyses were conducted at the start and at the end of 3-week long training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 112
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 10, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being within the age range of 20-25,

• Not continuing any exercise program for the last 1 year,

• Not having any disease impacting neurological, orthopedic or lower extremity system,

• Not having surgery history on lower extremity,

• Not having visual and hearing problem.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having visual and hearing problem,

• Neurological problem debilitating one's walking,

• Having psychiatric or orthopedic problem

• Having surgery history on lower extremity.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise Trainig
SSE is performed on a thin exercise mat divided into 40 small squares in 250 cm x 100 cm of size (25 cm each part). Participants are given patterns of a few steps and asked to take steps that match them. Participants must, in principal, move ahead in line with the length forward with no contact on the lines forming the squares. Forward, backward, lateral and oblique stepping patterns are required. Stepping patterns get increasingly difficult. Each pattern consists of 2 to 16 steps; participants are asked to repeat step pattern till the end of exercise mat. Upon completing a pattern, another pattern in the same mirror-image is repeated. In essence each pattern is reiterated for 3-5 times and next its mirror-image pattern is repeated but if participants face challenge in performing the pattern it is repeated till the pattern is learnt

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Pamukkale University	Denizli

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pamukkale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Attention Assessment (Stroop test)		3 weeks
Primary	Dynamic Balance Assessment (Four-step Square Test)		3 weeks
Primary	Motor Coordination Assessment (Lower extremity Motor Coordination Test)		3 weeks