The Impact of Physical Exercise on Navigation Performance in Soldier

20 healthy man, 10 in trial group and 10 in control group (randomly divided) will participate in the experiment on order to evaluate if improvement in physical fitness influences spatial learning in humans.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Spatial Learning
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: training program; Other: VO2max test; Other: spatial orientation test

Detailed Description

subjects in both groups will perform 4 sets of VO2max test and spatial orientation test with a month between them (total 3 month).

in addition, subjects in trial group will follow a training program throughout the trial (running on treadmill 3 times a week), suited according to their result in the first VO2max test.

in each set VO2max test will be perform before spatial orientation test , in order to evaluated the subject's aerobic fitness. the spatial orientation test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject has 3 attempts to arrive to a destination in xbox one controller using a virtual glasses (Oculus Rift DK2). each attempt duration is 2 min.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Israel
  • Ramat- Gan
    • Tel-Hashomer, Ramat- Gan, Israel
      • Sheba Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• civilian healthy man, aged 18-30
• without any neurological or psychiatric disorder
• not wearing eyeglasses

Exclusion Criteria:

• athletes or trained man (for both groups)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: trial group; subjects in trial group will be following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests) while performing a training program during the trial (3 months).	Other: training program; subjects in the trial group will follow a training program which includes 3 times a week running on a treadmill.; Other: VO2max test; each subject will perform 4 times VO2max test according to BRUCE protocol in order to evaluate his aerobic fitness.; Other: spatial orientation test; each subject will undergo 4 spatial orientation tests during the trial (month between 2 tests), each test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject will wear virtual reality glasses (Oculus Rift DK2) and attempt to arrive different destinations in a virtual maze tasks (using xbox one controller). each day will be given 3 attempts, the duration of each attempt is 2 min.
Other: control group; following the experimental protocol (VO2max tests and spatial orientation tests)without performing additional exercise.	Other: VO2max test; each subject will perform 4 times VO2max test according to BRUCE protocol in order to evaluate his aerobic fitness.; Other: spatial orientation test; each subject will undergo 4 spatial orientation tests during the trial (month between 2 tests), each test is composed of 5 following days in which the subject will wear virtual reality glasses (Oculus Rift DK2) and attempt to arrive different destinations in a virtual maze tasks (using xbox one controller). each day will be given 3 attempts, the duration of each attempt is 2 min.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
spatial learning (composite)	each spatial orientation test length is 5 days. spatial learning is evaluated through time for completion and number of errors out of 3 attempts each day.	20 experimental days for each participant

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
maximal aerobic capacity	VO2max tests along the trial are performed in order to evaluate the improvement or lack of improvement in both groups in correlation with their spatial learning.	4 experimental days for each participant

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center
• Collaborators: Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Anticipated): April 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 10, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): July 13, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 13, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2016
• Last Verified: July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SHEBA-16-3321-HS-CTIL

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO