Effects on Balance of Suspension Exercise vs. Exercise on Unstable Surfaces

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Instability; Balance Training
• Interventions: Other: Suspension training; Other: Instability training

• Registration Number: NCT05705765
• Lead Sponsor: University of Valencia

Brief Summary

Most human movements are executed while in a state of postural instability. For this reason, instability training is a highly-specific method that is intended to improve balance and postural control. This research aimed to determine the effect of instability training on the balance of individuals with similar baseline abilities, who initiated training within different stability conditions. Research question: Does different type of instability training determine improvements in balance?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-09
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-31
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-01
• Study Completion: 2023-03-31
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

• University students aged 18-35 years.

Exclusion Criteria

• Muscle skeletal injury in the preceding 6 months.
• Athletes from any field.
• Those with known blance disorders (e.g. vertigo and central or vestibular disorder).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Suspension	Suspension training	Exercise with suspension devices.
Balance	Instability training	Exercise over instability surfaces.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Y Balance Test	5 week	The Y Balance Test is a portion of the Functional Movement Systems screen used to evaluate dynamic balance and functional symmetry in order to determine a person's risk for injury or return to sport readiness. Procedure: The starting position is standing on one leg at the stance plate with the toes of the foot at the red line, and the other leg touching down lightly just behind the plate. The non-stance foot is reached out in the desired direction, pushing the reach indicator as far as they can while maintaining balance. The higher the value, the better the balance.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emery Test	0 week, 5 week.	Monopodal balance on an unstable base. The time that is held with closed eyes is counted before losing balance. The longer it is held, the better the balance is considered.
Romberg Test	0 week, 5 week.	Bipodal balance on pressure platform. They hold on for 30 seconds with their eyes open. This test gives data on the area and speed of displacement of the center of gravity. The lower the values, the better the balance.
Sidewide Test	0 week, 5 week	The participant will perform side jumps over a 25 cm wide board. The number of jumps you make will be counted. The higher the number of jumps, the agility will be considered to be better.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia; 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain