Dynamic Postural Control After Exercise

Postural Control Clinical Trial

Official title:

Influence of an Exercise on the Dynamic Postural Control in Athletes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01799434
• Other study ID #: 407-05-130203
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 19, 2013
• Last updated: February 25, 2013
• Start date: February 2006

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: University Hospital Heidelberg
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim was to analyze the influence of fatigue on the dynamic postural control in one-leg standing and in jump landing, followed by stabilization or side jumps, and to compare athletes of different levels with control subjects.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 83
• Est. primary completion date: December 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 14 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• competitive level (participation in any league) for the high performance athletes group

• participation in sport for 0.5-4 hours per week for the recreationally active subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• current history of a lower extremity injury requiring training cessation on the day of testing

• neurological diseases

• vestibular or visual disturbances

• cardiovascular diseases medication affecting balance

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Postural Control

Intervention

Other:
• treadmill run

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury	Heidelberg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Heidelberg

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of force ratio of ground reaction forces in/after landing from baseline		1, 5, 10, 15, 20 min after exercise	No
Primary	Change of the velocity of the center of pressure (COP) from baseline		1, 5, 10, 15, 20 min after the exercise	No
Secondary	Change of rate of perceived exertion (Borg Scale) from baseline		every 10 min during and 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 min after exercise	No