Use of the OPTIMAL Theory of Motor Learning With the Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test

NCT05113797 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 21-009316
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 57
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Assessing and improving movement quality are important components of rehabilitation. The Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ) is a balance test used to assess dynamic balance in healthy adults, athletes, and those who are rehabilitating a lower extremity injury. Performing the YBT-LQ requires utilization of different strategies. It is unknown how different practice conditions will affect dynamic balance learning or performance on YBT-LQ. This study aims to compare the influence of OPTIMAL motor learning practice with standard practice conditions on YBT-LQ measurements.

Conditions

Balance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in composite YBT-LQ scores

  Measure by 3 reach trials in 3 directions on each leg recorded to the nearest 0.5 cm. Composite score calculated by the sum of three directions for one leg divided by three times limb length, multiplied by 100

  Baseline, 14 days

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Perceived competence

  14 days

• Task Effort

  14 days

• Level of autonomy

  14 days

• Externally focused attention during the task

  14 days

Study Arms (2)

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects will perform YBT-LQ practice tests using standardized set of verbal instructions provided in the YBT-LQ online manual prior to the testing condition.

Diagnostic Test: Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test

OPTIMAL Motor Learning Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects will perform the YBT-LQ with the practice period altered to implement aspects of the three pillars of the OPTIMAL motor learning theory (promotion of autonomy support (AS), presence of an external focus (EF) of attention, and implementation of enhanced expectancies (EE) placed upon a task).

Diagnostic Test: Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test; Behavioral: OPTIMAL motor learning theory

Interventions

Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Dynamic balance assessment performed in a standing position while balanced on one leg, participants are asked to move a plastic box with their other foot in three directions (forward, back to the left, and back to the right) and a distance measurement is recorded. Each leg will be tested three times in each direction for the YBT-LQ assessment.

Control Group; OPTIMAL Motor Learning Group

OPTIMAL motor learning theory BEHAVIORAL

OPTIMAL theoretical framework instructions and coaching will be utilized to improve motor performance through three main components: promotion of autonomy support (AS), presence of an external focus (EF) of attention, and implementation of enhanced expectancies (EE) placed upon a task.

OPTIMAL Motor Learning Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Healthy participants
• Having the ability to safely stand on one leg and pass the ankle dorsiflexion clearing test (\> 35 degrees ankle dorsiflexion).

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of a recent lower extremity injury in the last month that limits their ability to stand on one leg.
• Failure to achieve 35 degrees of bilateral dorsiflexion on the dorsiflexion clearing test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

Darren Calley

Rochester, Minnesota, 55904, United States

Location

Related Links

• Mayo Clinic Clinical Trials

Study Officials

• Darren Calley, PT, DScPT, OCS

  Mayo Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2021
• First Posted: November 9, 2021
• Study Start: November 13, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2022
• Study Completion: March 1, 2022
• Last Updated: August 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Locations

US (1)