The Effect of Square Stepping Exercises Training on Lower Extremity

NCT ID: NCT04910035

Last Updated: 2024-09-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-10

Study Completion Date

2020-05-10

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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A total of 120 volunteers within the age range of 20-25 participated in the research. Participants were randomly divided into two groups, as 60 participants were study group (35 females, 25 males) and 60 participants were control group (35 females, 25 males). Demographic data and exercise habit of the individuals were documented. Participants' lower-extremity motor performance was analyzed through Vertical Jumping, Side Jumping, One Leg Squat, and Step-Up tests. Participants' muscle strength was analyzed through Hand-Held Dynamometer. Also, participants' muscle quality was analyzed through Muscle Quality Index. 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

Conditions

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Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Study Groups

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Training Group

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.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercises Training

Intervention Type 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

Control Group

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

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Exercises Training

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Square-steeping exercise

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 20-25 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.

Exclusion Criteria

* 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.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Pamukkale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Asli Demirtaş

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Niğde, Bor, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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(11.06.2019-11)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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