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

NCT03032393 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 071-2017
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Timed up and go Test

  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.

  Up to 3 minutes during each Timed up and go Test. Twice (pre and post the postural intention) at the same session (day).

Study Arms (2)

Dominant

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: high-power

Submissive

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects in the control group were instructed to stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together for 20 seconds.

Other: low-power

Interventions

high-power OTHER

Subjects will stand with hands on their hips, elbows pointing out and feet approximately one foot apart (high-power) for 20 seconds.

Dominant

low-power OTHER

Subjects will stand with hands and arms wrapping around the torso and feet together (low-power) for 20 seconds.

Submissive

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Youngstown State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio, 44555, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Low-Level Light Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Laser Therapy; Therapeutics; Phototherapy

Limitations and Caveats

Limitations of the study included convenience sampling and the small sample size.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Associate Professor
• Organization: Youngstown State University

wge@ysu.edu

330941-2702

Study Officials

• Michael Hripko

  Youngstown State University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2017
• First Posted: January 26, 2017
• Study Start: February 3, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2017
• Study Completion: December 31, 2017
• Last Updated: August 10, 2020
• Results First Posted: August 10, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)