The Effect of Auditory Cues on Mood and Gait

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Auditory Perception; Psychological
• Interventions: Behavioral: Positive Reinforcement; Behavioral: Silence; Behavioral: Negative Reinforcement; Behavioral: Music

• Registration Number: NCT05048576
• Lead Sponsor: Clarkson University

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to identify the influence of positive and negative auditory cues, music and a placebo (silence) on mood and gait during 30 minutes of free walking. Participants will be required to walk for a total of 30 minutes with mood being measured every 5 minutes and gait measured throughout the 30 minute protocol.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-07
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-17
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-19
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-01
• Study Completion: 2022-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Positive auditory cues	Positive Reinforcement	Participants will listen to the following auditory cues \~30 seconds apart Good job, you're doing awesome! Keep up the good work! You've got this! You're almost done, just a few more minutes! That's a great pace! You're going strong! Keep it up! Nice work. Great job! Good stuff. Keep it up. You're doing an amazing job.
Silence	Silence	Participants will walk in silence while wearing noise cancelling headphones.
Negative auditory cues	Negative Reinforcement	Participants will listen to the following auditory cues \~30 seconds apart You've got to walk faster than that. You're so slow! Why do you walk like that? Did you learn how to walk yesterday? You're doing terrible. Who walks like that? You have potential but you don't use it. You'll never amount to anything. You're not putting very much effort into this. This is the worst pace you've had yet.
Music	Music	Participants will be allowed to select a streaming music station of their choice.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Fatigue	change in fatigue from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0-20 scale with higher scores being worse outcome
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Vigor	change in vigor from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0-20 scale with higher scores being better outcome
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Depression	change in depression from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 20 scale with higher scores being worse outcome
State Mental Energy	change in state mental energy from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 300 with higher scores being better outcomes
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Confusion	change in confusion from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	-4 to 16 scale with higher scores being worse outcome
Gait speed	change in gait speed from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	gait speed in meters/second
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Tension	change in tension from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 20 scale with higher scores being worse outcome
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Anger	change in anger from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 20 scale with higher scores being worse outcome
Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Total Mood Disturbance	change in total mood disturbance from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	-24 to 96 with higher scores being worse outcomes
State Mental Fatigue	change in state mental fatigue from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 300 with higher scores being worse outcomes
Gait variability	change in variability from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	Variability in gait speed (reported as percent)
State Physical Energy	change in state physical energy from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 300 with higher scores being better outcomes
State Physical Fatigue	change in state physical fatigue from baseline to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes during walking	0 to 300 with higher scores being worse outcomes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Clarkson University; 🇺🇸 Potsdam, New York, United States