Neuromuscular Cognitive Training (I-THINC)

Ke'La H Porter

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injury;Sports

Treatments: Other: I-THINC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05459363

76666

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will utilize a quasi-experimental, multiple baseline pretest-posttest design where participants will complete postural stability assessments, physical performance assessments, and questionnaires to evaluate perceptions toward injury prevention before and after completing a 6-week neuromuscular-cognitive prevention program.

Full description

The I-THINC program will address aspects of cognition (i.e., reaction time/processing speed, working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, attention, and dual-tasking) while completing common movement patterns utilized in tennis (i.e., lateral shuffle, rapid acceleration/deceleration, and postural stability). The proposed program will take place in the participants training facility. The program will be implemented twice per week for six weeks (12 sessions) with each session lasting 20 minutes. To add variety, there will be two complementary programs (A and B) comprising of four exercises increasing in complexity every two weeks. Each week participants will complete Program A during the first session and Program B during the second session.Exercises will progressively challenge cognitive and physical demand. Exercises were designed to address the most common injuries in tennis.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy adults from the University of Kentucky varsity tennis programs

Exclusion criteria

• not medically cleared for participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Varsity Athletes

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy adults recruited from the University of Kentucky varsity tennis programs.

Treatment:

Other: I-THINC