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

Zurich University of Applied Sciences60 enrolled

Overview

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

The two sessions last each approximately 2 hours and take place within one to 12 weeks. Both sessions involve measurement of biomechanical movement patterns with motion capture.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy Athlete

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 34 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 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 * ability to understand German Exclusion Criteria: * 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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cognitive dual-task cost

Dual-task cost with the different modalities are operationalized by reaction time.

Time frame: Measurement session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90)

Exergaming performance

Operationalized as task success rate

Time frame: Session 2 (days 6-90)

Secondary Outcomes

Motor dual-task cost

The motor dual-task costs are operationalized by the peak knee abduction angle.

Time frame: Session 1 (day 0)

Countermovement Jump

Height of a countermovement jump