Dual-Task Training in an Immersive Environment Compared to Single Task Training in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructed Individuals
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Terminated
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 2
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Interference
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate changes in cognitive and physical performance after 10 weeks of dual or single task training in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed individuals. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does cognitive performance in ACL reconstructed individuals change after multiple training sessions incorporating single versus dual-task?
- Does physical performance and intrinsic motivation for training change over the course of 10 weeks when performing single versus dual-task training sessions?
- What movement patterns do ACL reconstructed individuals show during a dual-task training in an immersive environment?
Researchers will compare a combined dual-task training (combined physical and cognitive training) to a single task training (physical and cognitive training separately) to see if there are changes on cognitive performance depending on the training type.
Participants will:
- Perform dual-task or single task training twice per week for 10 weeks
- Visit the clinic before and after the training period for tests
- Visit the movement laboratory once for analysis of movement patterns
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Masking Description
concealed allocation of group
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •18-40 years old
- •At least 6 months after ACL injury
- •Surgically reconstructed ACL
- •At least 2 hours of sports participation before the injury
- •Written consent of the attending surgeon to perform intensified training methods including one-legged jumps at 6 months after surgery after the first visit
- •Ability to give informed consent as documented by signature
- •Ability to understand instructions in German or English
- •BMI < 28 kg/m^2
- •Availability to take part in at least 70% of all training sessions
Exclusion Criteria
- •Surgery on the contralateral leg during the last 12 months
- •Acute or chronic musculoskeletal, neurological, or cardiopulmonary disorders
- •Unadjusted vision problems
- •Concussion during the last 6 months
- •Pregnancy
- •Breastfeeding
- •Amputation
- •Inflammatory pain or swelling during exercising
Arms & Interventions
Dual-task training
Intervention: Dual-task training (Other)
Single task training
Intervention: Single task training (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Interference
Time Frame: Baseline, after 5 weeks of training, after 10 weeks of training
Measured by the difference in reaction time of congruent and incongruent stimuli of the Flanker task.
Response inhibition
Time Frame: Baseline, after 5 weeks of training, after 10 weeks of training
Measured by the accuracy of Go/No-Go-stimuli
Secondary Outcomes
- Jumping performance - contact time(Baseline and after 10 weeks of training)
- Jumping performance - peak force(Baseline and after 10 weeks of training)
- Strength(Baseline and after 10 weeks of training)
- Intrinsic motivation(At the end of each training session (2x/week for 10 weeks))
- Kinematics and kinetics of the lower extremities(Baseline and after 10 weeks of training)
- Kinematics and kinetics of the lower extremities(During dual-task training in an immersive environment)
Investigators
Michelle C. Haas
Research Associate
Zurich University of Applied Sciences