Effects of Square-stepping Exercise Training on the Attention, Dynamic Balance and Lower Extremity Motor Coordination

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Completed

• Conditions: Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals
• Interventions: Other: Exercise Trainig

• Registration Number: NCT04804475
• Lead Sponsor: Pamukkale University

Brief Summary

Physical activity plays an indispensable role to lead a healthy life. Square-stepping exercises (SSE) are aerobic exercises. Our study was designed to investigate the effects of square-stepping exercise training on the attention, dynamic balance and lower extremity motor coordination of sedentary healthy young individuals.

A total of 112 volunteers within the age range of 20-25 participated in the research. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, as 56 participants were study group (28 females, 28 males) and 56 participants were control group (28 females, 28 males). Demographic data and exercise habit of the individuals were documented. Stroop Test was used to assess Attention, Four-step Square Test was used to assess Dynamic Balance and Lower-extremity Motor Coordination Test was used to assess Motor Coordination. Throughout 3 weeks SSE training was administered 4 days a week for a length of 45 minutes in each session. All the analyses were conducted at the start and at the end of 3-week long training.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-10
• Study Completion: 2020-09-10
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

• Being within the age range of 20-25,
• Not continuing any exercise program for the last 1 year,
• Not having any disease impacting neurological, orthopedic or lower extremity system,
• Not having surgery history on lower extremity,
• Not having visual and hearing problem.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having visual and hearing problem,
• Neurological problem debilitating one's walking,
• Having psychiatric or orthopedic problem
• Having surgery history on lower extremity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Training Group	Exercise Trainig	Throughout 3 weeks SSE training was administered 4 days a week for a length of 45 minutes in each session. All the analyses were conducted at the start and at the end of 3-week long training.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Motor Coordination Assessment (Lower extremity Motor Coordination Test)	3 weeks
Attention Assessment (Stroop test)	3 weeks
Dynamic Balance Assessment (Four-step Square Test)	3 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pamukkale University; 🇹🇷 Denizli, Turkey