The Impact of Physical Exercise on Navigation Performance in Soldier

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Spatial Learning
• Interventions: Other: training program; Other: VO2max test; Other: spatial orientation test

• Registration Number: NCT02831036
• Lead Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center

Brief Summary

20 healthy man, 10 in trial group and 10 in control group (randomly divided) will participate in the experiment on order to evaluate if improvement in physical fitness influences spatial learning in humans.

Detailed Description

subjects in both groups will perform 4 sets of VO2max test and spatial orientation test with a month between them (total 3 month).

in addition, subjects in trial group will follow a training program throughout the trial (running on treadmill 3 times a week), suited according to their result in the first VO2max test.

in each set VO2max test will be perform before spatial orientation test , in order to evaluated the subject's aerobic fitness. the spatial orientation test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject has 3 attempts to arrive to a destination in xbox one controller using a virtual glasses (Oculus Rift DK2). each attempt duration is 2 min.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-13
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-13
• Study Start: 2016-10
• Primary Completion: 2017-10
• Study Completion: 2018-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• civilian healthy man, aged 18-30
• without any neurological or psychiatric disorder
• not wearing eyeglasses

Exclusion Criteria

• athletes or trained man (for both groups)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
trial group	training program	subjects in trial group will be following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests) while performing a training program during the trial (3 months).
trial group	VO2max test	subjects in trial group will be following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests) while performing a training program during the trial (3 months).
trial group	spatial orientation test	subjects in trial group will be following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests) while performing a training program during the trial (3 months).
control group	VO2max test	following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests)without performing additional exercise.
control group	spatial orientation test	following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests)without performing additional exercise.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
spatial learning (composite)	20 experimental days for each participant	each spatial orientation test length is 5 days. spatial learning is evaluated through time for completion and number of errors out of 3 attempts each day.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
maximal aerobic capacity	4 experimental days for each participant	VO2max tests along the trial are performed in order to evaluate the improvement or lack of improvement in both groups in correlation with their spatial learning.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sheba medical center; 🇮🇱 Tel-Hashomer, Ramat- Gan, Israel