Effectivity of Slackline-Training in Physiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT02218086

Last Updated: 2020-10-08

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-01

Study Completion Date

2020-05-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

Slacklines have been established in the last few years as a training equipment in sports such as climbing, skiing and others to increase postural control. Furthermore, slacklines are used in physiotherapy in terms of stabilizing training such as wobbling boards.

However, if slackline training is effective in rehabilitation has not been investigated yet. Therefore, to goal of this study will be to investigate the effectivity of slackline training in physiotherapy compared to a wobbling board with a single tilting axis.

Outcomes will be electromyographic-data and the kinetics of the whole body.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Comparing beginners pre-training (less than 1 hour of slackline training) to post-training (9 times 30 minutes of individual, controlled training) to investigate the effects of balance training on a slackline.

Comparing beginners (less than 1 hour of slackline training) to professionals (more than 100 hours of slackline training) to investigate differences in balance strategies.

Comparing professionals during slacklining under two different conditions of their visual anchor: fix vs. moving. This to investigate the role of the visual system during balance reactions.

Comparing slackline training versus a demanding training standing-on-1-leg. We do compare Y-balance-performance, performance on the MFT challenge disc, each compared with simultanousely recording body Sway (lower trunk) with SwayStar.

Muscle activity will be investigated by absolute amplitude (mV) and frequency to get an idea of which muscle fibers are acting during the task and how the activation pattern may change through motor learning.

Body kinematics should show movement strategies especially differences in roll and pitch control of the body.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Healthy Volunteers Persons With no Known Significant Health Problems

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

different protocol-arms: crossover for comparing slackline vs. wobble board vs. flamingo balance task parallel for slackline training vs. enhanced standing-on-1-leg training
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

professionals

balancing on the slackline / wobbling board 3 times by 30 seconds balancing on the slackline with a fix visual anchor / moving visual anchor 3 times by 30 seconds

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Slackline

Intervention Type DEVICE

Slackbase PRO CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Wobbling Board

Intervention Type DEVICE

Wobbling Board CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Fix visual anchor

Intervention Type DEVICE

Professionals have to gaze at a fixed visual anchor during the slacklining.

Moving visual anchor

Intervention Type DEVICE

Professionals have to gaze at a moving visual anchor during the slacklining.

beginners

balancing on the slackline / wobbling board 3 times by 30 seconds pre-training compared to post-training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Slackline

Intervention Type DEVICE

Slackbase PRO CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Wobbling Board

Intervention Type DEVICE

Wobbling Board CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Pre-training

Intervention Type DEVICE

First investigation of the beginners with less than 1 hour experience with slacklining.

Post-training

Intervention Type DEVICE

Second investigation of the beginners occurs after a training session of 9 times 30 minutes within a few weeks.

Slackline vs. standing-on-1-leg vs. control

Intervention Type DEVICE

beginners have to train 9 times \~15minutes within y few weeks.

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Slackline

Slackbase PRO CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Wobbling Board

Wobbling Board CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Pre-training

First investigation of the beginners with less than 1 hour experience with slacklining.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Fix visual anchor

Professionals have to gaze at a fixed visual anchor during the slacklining.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Moving visual anchor

Professionals have to gaze at a moving visual anchor during the slacklining.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Post-training

Second investigation of the beginners occurs after a training session of 9 times 30 minutes within a few weeks.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Slackline vs. standing-on-1-leg vs. control

beginners have to train 9 times \~15minutes within y few weeks.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

brand name: Slackbase PRO http://medi-lines.com/slackbasepro/ name: Standbrett serial number: 2.1.1 http://www.originell.net/index.php?_disp=40

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* young healthy, 18-30 years old
* small operations on muscle-skeletal-system on upper extremities
* birth control pill

Exclusion Criteria

* any actual injuries on lower extremities
* injuries on lower extremities less than one year back
* operations of muscle-skeletal-system at shoulder/neck, trunk/pelvis and lower extremities
* fear of falling
* any medications
* cardiac pacemaker or cardiac arrhythmia
* pregnancy
* skeletal anomaly
* appendicitis less then 2 years back
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

THIM - die internationale Hochschule für Physiotherapie

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Ursula M Kueng, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

THIM - die internationale Hochschule für Physiotherapie

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Thim van der Laan University College Physiotherapy

Landquart, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Switzerland

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Pfusterschmied J, Lindinger S, Buchecker M, Stoggl T, Wagner H, Muller E. Effect of instability training equipment on lower limb kinematics and muscle activity. Sportverletz Sportschaden. 2013 Mar;27(1):28-33. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330725. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23404457 (View on PubMed)

Donath L, Roth R, Rueegge A, Groppa M, Zahner L, Faude O. Effects of slackline training on balance, jump performance & muscle activity in young children. Int J Sports Med. 2013 Dec;34(12):1093-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1337949. Epub 2013 May 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23700328 (View on PubMed)

Honegger F, Tielkens RJ, Allum JH. Movement strategies and sensory reweighting in tandem stance: differences between trained tightrope walkers and untrained subjects. Neuroscience. 2013 Dec 19;254:285-300. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.041. Epub 2013 Oct 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24090964 (View on PubMed)

Kung UM, Horlings CG, Honegger F, Duysens JE, Allum JH. Control of roll and pitch motion during multi-directional balance perturbations. Exp Brain Res. 2009 Apr;194(4):631-45. doi: 10.1007/s00221-009-1743-3. Epub 2009 Mar 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19263044 (View on PubMed)

Raffi M, Piras A, Persiani M, Squatrito S. Importance of optic flow for postural stability of male and female young adults. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2014 Jan;114(1):71-83. doi: 10.1007/s00421-013-2750-4. Epub 2013 Oct 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24150783 (View on PubMed)

Pfusterschmied J, Stoggl T, Buchecker M, Lindinger S, Wagner H, Muller E. Effects of 4-week slackline training on lower limb joint motion and muscle activation. J Sci Med Sport. 2013 Nov;16(6):562-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.12.006. Epub 2013 Jan 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23333134 (View on PubMed)

Paoletti P, Mahadevan L. Balancing on tightropes and slacklines. J R Soc Interface. 2012 Sep 7;9(74):2097-108. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0077. Epub 2012 Apr 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22513724 (View on PubMed)

Kung UM, Horlings CG, Honegger F, Allum JH. The effect of voluntary lateral trunk bending on balance recovery following multi-directional stance perturbations. Exp Brain Res. 2010 May;202(4):851-65. doi: 10.1007/s00221-010-2201-y. Epub 2010 Mar 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20204607 (View on PubMed)

Kung UM, Horlings CG, Honegger F, Allum JH. Incorporating voluntary unilateral knee flexion into balance corrections elicited by multi-directional perturbations to stance. Neuroscience. 2009 Sep 29;163(1):466-81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.009. Epub 2009 Jun 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19505537 (View on PubMed)

Tabira T, Sakai K. Demyelination induced by T cell lines and clones specific for myelin basic protein in mice. Lab Invest. 1987 May;56(5):518-25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2437389 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

Access external resources that provide additional context or updates about the study.

http://www.kofam.ch/

Swiss National Clinical Trials Portal (SNCTP)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

KEK-ZH-2014-0107

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PB 2019-00009

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UCP-2014-0107

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.