Effect of Ballet Course on Lower Limb Strength, Balance, Working Memory and the Compliance and Satisfaction

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Balance; Lower Limb; Working Memory; Satisfaction; Strength; Compliance
• Interventions: Other: ballet course, strength course

• Registration Number: NCT05683587
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

In recent years, sports have become popular, and major gyms or private exercise studios have been opened continuously. A dazzling array of course content allows students to choose according to their preferences. Therefore, how to improve students' compliance with gyms or classrooms, and increase exercise frequency to develop exercise habits , is the current problem faced by the industry.

However, in the case of limited time, the academic side is looking for more effective training courses, and the industry side is trying a variety of courses that are more attractive to the public, hoping to be different from the previous types of sports, improve the motivation of public sports, increase the frequency of exercise and then Maintain exercise habits.

Compared with aerobic dance, boxing, yoga and Pilates, ballet is a niche course, but more and more studies have pointed out that ballet can effectively improve posture, improve lower limb muscle strength, and improve cognitive, executive memory, and working memory.

Therefore, this study intends to explore the effect of ballet courses on lower limb explosiveness, static balance, dynamic balance, cognitive executive function and working memory of exercise studio students. degree and become one of the courses chosen by students for their classes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-09
• Study Start: 2023-03-31
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Studio students willing to participate in the two-stage test.
• Aged between 20 and 64 years old.
• Able to perform test-related movements, including vertical jumping and tiptoe movements.
• No lower extremity musculoskeletal surgery has been performed within six months.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who are sick and unable to exercise vigorously under medical advice.
• Those who have studied classical ballet for up to one year.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	ballet course, strength course	intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from fourth month Strength of lower limb	fourth month and fifth month	Vertical Jump Test
Change from first month Strength of lower limb	first month and second month	Vertical Jump Test
Change from third month Strength of lower limb	third month and fourth month	Vertical Jump Test
Change from Baseline Strength of lower limb	baseline and first month	Vertical Jump Test
Change from second month Strength of lower limb	second month and third month	Vertical Jump Test
Change from fifth month Strength of lower limb	fifth month and sixth month	Vertical Jump Test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from fourth month Dynamic balance	fourth month and fifth month	Y-Balance Test
Change from fifth month Dynamic balance	fifth month and sixth month	Y-Balance Test
Change from first month static balance	first month and second month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from second month static balance	second month and third month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from Baseline Working memory	baseline and third month	D N-back test
compliance and satisfaction of ballet and strength courses	sixth month	Questionnaire
Change from third month Working memory	third month and sixth month	D N-back test
Change from third month Dynamic balance	third month and fourth month	Y-Balance Test
Change from fourth month static balance	fourth month and fifth month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from Baseline Dynamic balance	baseline and first month	Y-Balance Test
Change from Baseline static balance	baseline and first month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from third month static balance	third month and fourth month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from fifth month static balance	fifth month and sixth month	Stork Balance Stand Test
Change from first month Dynamic balance	first month and second month	Y-Balance Test
Change from second month Dynamic balance	second month and third month	Y-Balance Test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amy Studio fitness studio; 🇨🇳 Tainan, Taiwan