The Effect of Square Stepping Exercises Training on Lower Extremity

NCT04910035 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: (11.06.2019-11)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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 lower-extremity motor performance, muscle strength, and muscle quality of sedentary healthy young individuals.

Conditions

Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals

Keywords

Square-stepping exercises; Healthy young individuals; Motor performance; Muscle strength; Muscle quality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Muscle Quality İndex

  Muscle quality was determined through Muscle Quality Index (MQI) which is a valid and reliable method developed by Takai et al. MQI measures 5 repetition sit-to-stand test duration (sec). MQI is calculated by measuring the 5-repetition sit-to-go test duration (sec), body weight (kg), and leg length (L-m). In the calculation, the formula "(L-0,5)\*5\*weight\*g/5" repetitions sit-to-stand test duration is employed.

  3 weeks

• Muscle Strength

  Hand-Held Dynamometer

  3 weeks

• Motor Performance Assessment 1

  Vertical Jumping

  3 weeks

• Motor Performance Assessment 2

  Step-Up

  3 weeks

• Motor Performance Assessment 3

  One Leg Squat

  3 weeks

• Motor Performance Assessment 4

  Side Jumping

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Training Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

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.

Other: Exercises Training

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

This group has no intervention. Evaluations were only made at the start and at the end of 3-week long.

Interventions

Exercises Training OTHER

SSE is performed on a thin exercise mat divided into 40 small squares in 250 cm x 100 cm of size (25 cm each part). Participants are given patterns of a few steps and asked to take steps that match them. Participants must, in principal, move ahead in line with the length forward with no contact on the lines forming the squares. Forward, backward, lateral and oblique stepping patterns are required. Stepping patterns get increasingly difficult. Each pattern consists of 2 to 16 steps; participants are asked to repeat step pattern till the end of exercise mat. Upon completing a pattern, another pattern in the same mirror-image is repeated. In essence each pattern is reiterated for 3-5 times and next its mirror-image pattern is repeated but if participants face challenge in performing the pattern it is repeated till the pattern is learnt

Also known as: Square-steeping exercise

Training Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• years old,
• Not attending any exercise program for the last 1 year,
• Not having a neurological, orthopedic disease or any disease affecting lower extremity,
• Not having any lower-extremity surgery,
• Individuals without vision and/or hearing problems were included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Having a vision and/or hearing problem,
• Having neurological, psychiatric, and/or orthopedic problems that affect walking,
• Individuals with lower-extremity surgery were excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nigde Omer Halisdemir University: lead
• Pamukkale University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Niğde, Bor, 51200, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2021
• First Posted: June 2, 2021
• Study Start: September 10, 2019
• Primary Completion: May 10, 2020
• Study Completion: May 10, 2020
• Last Updated: September 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2021-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)