Relationship Between Modality-specific Dual-task Performance and Immersive Exergaming Outcomes in Healthy Athletes
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
60 participants
Mar 24, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to provide a more specific understanding of which dual task conditions elicit changes in either motor or cognitive performance. A dual-task is a simultaneously performed motor and cognitive task. Exergaming describes physically active gaming. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Can performance in visual and auditory dual-task paradigms explain performance in an immersive exergaming task in healthy athletes? * How are exergaming scores associated with athletic performance tests? * What biomechanical movement patterns are shown during dual-tasks? Researchers will also compare performance of those experienced with jumping and those inexperienced with jumping. Participants will: * Complete two sessions performing athletic performance tests, cognitive tasks, and different dual-tasks while their movement pattern is recorded * Complete questionnaires on load, stress, and sleep during the sessions
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- age between 18 and 34 years
- self-reported recreationally or competitively active (more than 2 hours per week)
- self-reported ability to complete change of direction, balancing, and jumping tasks
- capacity to sign informed consent
- ability to understand German
Exclusion Criteria3
- acute injury in the last 6 months resulting in missing more than 3 training sessions
- severe comorbidity or condition which would prohibit performance of the lsted testing tasks
- self-reported pregnancy
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Interventions
Participants will perform combined motor-cognitive tasks. During the first session balancing and bilateral jumping will be combined with an additional auditory or visual cognitive task. During the second session participants will do a combined motor-cognitive task in exergaming.
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NCT07461025