Effects on Balance of Suspension Exercise vs. Exercise on Unstable Surfaces

NCT05705765 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SUS_VS_INEST
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Most human movements are executed while in a state of postural instability. For this reason, instability training is a highly-specific method that is intended to improve balance and postural control. This research aimed to determine the effect of instability training on the balance of individuals with similar baseline abilities, who initiated training within different stability conditions. Research question: Does different type of instability training determine improvements in balance?

Conditions

Balance Training; Instability

Keywords

Suspension training; Instability training; Balance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Y Balance Test

  The Y Balance Test is a portion of the Functional Movement Systems screen used to evaluate dynamic balance and functional symmetry in order to determine a person's risk for injury or return to sport readiness. Procedure: The starting position is standing on one leg at the stance plate with the toes of the foot at the red line, and the other leg touching down lightly just behind the plate. The non-stance foot is reached out in the desired direction, pushing the reach indicator as far as they can while maintaining balance. The higher the value, the better the balance.

  0 week

• Y Balance Test

  The Y Balance Test is a portion of the Functional Movement Systems screen used to evaluate dynamic balance and functional symmetry in order to determine a person's risk for injury or return to sport readiness. Procedure: The starting position is standing on one leg at the stance plate with the toes of the foot at the red line, and the other leg touching down lightly just behind the plate. The non-stance foot is reached out in the desired direction, pushing the reach indicator as far as they can while maintaining balance. The higher the value, the better the balance.

  5 week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Emery Test

  0 week, 5 week.

• Romberg Test

  0 week, 5 week.

• Sidewide Test

  0 week, 5 week

Study Arms (2)

Suspension

EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise with suspension devices.

Other: Suspension training

Balance

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Exercise over instability surfaces.

Other: Instability training

Interventions

Suspension training OTHER

Training with suspension devices. 12 sessions of 40-45 min in four weeks.

Suspension

Instability training OTHER

Training on unstable surfaces. 12 sessions of 40-45 min in four weeks.

Balance

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• University students aged 18-35 years.

You may not qualify if:

• Muscle skeletal injury in the preceding 6 months.
• Athletes from any field.
• Those with known blance disorders (e.g. vertigo and central or vestibular disorder).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valencia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia

Valencia, 46010, Spain

Location

Study Officials

• David Hernández-Guillén, PT, PhD

  University of Valencia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor, PT, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2023
• First Posted: January 31, 2023
• Study Start: January 9, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2023
• Study Completion: March 31, 2023
• Last Updated: April 5, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)