The Effect of Power Posing on Timed Up and Go Test Score

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Volunteers
• Interventions: Other: high-power; Other: low-power

• Registration Number: NCT03032393
• Lead Sponsor: Youngstown State University

Brief Summary

This study determines the effects of posture on time up and go test. Half of the subjects will assume a high-power posture, while the other half will assume a low-power posture.

Detailed Description

Subjects in the experimental group were instructed to stand with hands on their hips, elbows pointing out and feet approximately one foot apart for 20 seconds. Subjects in the control group were instructed to stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together for 20 seconds. Timed Up and Go test was administered using an OmniVR™ Virtual Rehabilitation System before and after the postural intervention

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-23
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-26
• Study Start: 2017-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-31
• Study Completion: 2017-12-31
• Results First Submitted: 2019-01-09
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-08-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-07
• Results First Posted: 2020-08-10
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• male or female, age 18 to 65, with all 4 extremities intact, and ability to stand still for 20 seconds.

Exclusion Criteria

• unable to stand with their feet together or one foot apart for at least 20 seconds, unable to wrap their arms around their torso or keep their hands on their hips for 20 seconds, unable to perform sit to stand transfer and ambulation independently, and cognitive impairments that interfere with the experimental procedures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dominant	high-power	Subjects in the experimental group were instructed to stand with hands on their hips, elbows pointing out and feet approximately one foot apart for 20 seconds.
Submissive	low-power	Subjects in the control group were instructed to stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together for 20 seconds.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timed up and go Test	Up to 3 minutes during each Timed up and go Test. Twice (pre and post the postural intention) at the same session (day).	Patients wear their regular footwear and can use a walking aid if needed. Begin by having the patient sit back in a standard arm chair and identify a line 3 meters or 10 feet away on the floor. The timed up and go test measures the amount of time, in seconds, that it takes to stand from a chair, walk 3 meters, turn around and walk back to the chair, and sit down again.; A change between pre and post postural intervention is reported. The time point for pre intervention is at baseline. The time point for post intervention is immediately after the intervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Youngstown State University; 🇺🇸 Youngstown, Ohio, United States