Comparison of Effect of Different Methods of Cognitive Loading on Gait of Normal Healthy Students

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Load, Performance

Treatments: Other: 1. WORKING MEMORY TASK:; Other: 3. MOTOR TASK:; Other: 2. VISUAL AND VERBAL FLUENCY TASK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06656078

REC/01885 Imran Amjad

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of effect of different methods of cognitive loading on gait of normal healthy students.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female students from colleges of Abbottabad.
• Age limit (17 to 20) According to (FSC admission criteria age of the student should not be more than 18 to enter the college.)
• Healthy individuals without any neurological and MSK disorder. (screening will be done before performing the test on the student, questions regarding the above-mentioned conditions and consent will be signed before starting the test)

Exclusion criteria

• Any student with visible physical deformity or MSK disorder will not be included in this research (15)
• Any student with a psychiatric or neurological disorder will not be included (16)
• Any student with cardiac abnormality will be excluded from this research (17)
• Any student who does not fall in this age group will not be included in this research.
• Colleges outside Abbottabad will not be included in this research.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1 male

Experimental group

Description:

All members of group number 1 who fall in the eligibility criteria will undergo three different types of cognitive loading. Three types of cognitive loading will be applied randomly to eliminate any bias. Each Method will be applied three times with pre and post-recordings to ensure reliability.

Treatment:

Other: 3. MOTOR TASK:

Other: 2. VISUAL AND VERBAL FLUENCY TASK

Other: 1. WORKING MEMORY TASK:

Group 2 female

Experimental group

Description:

All members of group number 2 who fall in the eligibility criteria will undergo three different types of cognitive loading. Three types of cognitive loading will be applied randomly to eliminate any bias. Each Method will be applied three times along with pre and post-recordings to ensure reliability.

Treatment:

Other: 3. MOTOR TASK:

Other: 2. VISUAL AND VERBAL FLUENCY TASK

Other: 1. WORKING MEMORY TASK: