NCT02218086

Effectivity of Slackline-Training in Physiotherapy

Effectivity of Slackline-Training in Physiotherapy - a Randomised Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: THIM - die internationale Hochschule für Physiotherapie · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

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

• Healthy Volunteers
• Persons With no Known Significant Health Problems

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Slackline	Slackbase PRO CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)
DEVICE	Wobbling Board	Wobbling Board CE: certificated by european law for medical devices (EG Richtlinie 93/42/EWG)
DEVICE	Pre-training	First investigation of the beginners with less than 1 hour experience with slacklining.
DEVICE	Fix visual anchor	Professionals have to gaze at a fixed visual anchor during the slacklining.
DEVICE	Moving visual anchor	Professionals have to gaze at a moving visual anchor during the slacklining.
DEVICE	Post-training	Second investigation of the beginners occurs after a training session of 9 times 30 minutes within a few weeks.
DEVICE	Slackline vs. standing-on-1-leg vs. control	beginners have to train 9 times \~15minutes within y few weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2020-05-31
• Completion: 2020-05-31
• First posted: 2014-08-15
• Last updated: 2020-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland