NCT05048576

The Effect of Auditory Cues on Mood and Gait

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Clarkson University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to identify the influence of positive and negative auditory cues, music and a placebo (silence) on mood and gait during 30 minutes of free walking. Participants will be required to walk for a total of 30 minutes with mood being measured every 5 minutes and gait measured throughout the 30 minute protocol.

Conditions

• Psychological
• Auditory Perception

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Negative Reinforcement	Terms to be used in negative reinforcement: You've got to walk faster than that. You're so slow! Why do you walk like that? Did you learn how to walk yesterday? You're doing terrible. Who walks like that? You have potential but you don't use it. You'll never amount to anything. You're not putting very much effort into this. This is the worst pace you've had yet.
BEHAVIORAL	Positive Reinforcement	Terms to be used in positive reinforcement: Good job, you're doing awesome! Keep up the good work! You've got this! You're almost done, just a few more minutes! That's a great pace! You're going strong! Keep it up! Nice work. Great job! Good stuff. Keep it up. You're doing an amazing job.
BEHAVIORAL	Silence	No recordings will be played during this condition.
BEHAVIORAL	Music	Participant's can choose their own music to play during this condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2021-09-17
• Last updated: 2022-01-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States