NCT07461025

Relationship Between Modality-specific Dual-task Performance and Immersive Exergaming Outcomes in Healthy Athletes

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zurich University of Applied Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 34 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Detailed description

The two sessions last each approximately 2 hours and take place within one to 12 weeks. Both sessions involve measurement of biomechanical movement patterns with motion capture.

Conditions

• Healthy Athlete

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	different dual-task paradigms	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-24
• Primary completion: 2026-07-01
• Completion: 2026-08-01
• First posted: 2026-03-10
• Last updated: 2026-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland