Effects on Balance of Suspension Exercise vs. Exercise on Unstable Surfaces

Effects on Balance in the Young Adult of Suspension Exercise vs. Exercise on Unstable Surfaces: a Quasi-randomized Clinical Trial

Most human movements are executed while in a state of postural instability. For this reason, instability training is a highly-specific method that is intended to improve balance and postural control. This research aimed to determine the effect of instability training on the balance of individuals with similar baseline abilities, who initiated training within different stability conditions. Research question: Does different type of instability training determine improvements in balance?

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Balance Training; Instability
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Suspension training; Other: Instability training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 44
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia, Spain, 46010
    • Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• University students aged 18-35 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Muscle skeletal injury in the preceding 6 months.
• Athletes from any field.
• Those with known blance disorders (e.g. vertigo and central or vestibular disorder).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Suspension; Exercise with suspension devices.	Other: Suspension training; Training with suspension devices. 12 sessions of 40-45 min in four weeks.
Active Comparator: Balance; Exercise over instability surfaces.	Other: Instability training; Training on unstable surfaces. 12 sessions of 40-45 min in four weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Y Balance Test	The Y Balance Test is a portion of the Functional Movement Systems screen used to evaluate dynamic balance and functional symmetry in order to determine a person's risk for injury or return to sport readiness. Procedure: The starting position is standing on one leg at the stance plate with the toes of the foot at the red line, and the other leg touching down lightly just behind the plate. The non-stance foot is reached out in the desired direction, pushing the reach indicator as far as they can while maintaining balance. The higher the value, the better the balance.	0 week
Y Balance Test	The Y Balance Test is a portion of the Functional Movement Systems screen used to evaluate dynamic balance and functional symmetry in order to determine a person's risk for injury or return to sport readiness. Procedure: The starting position is standing on one leg at the stance plate with the toes of the foot at the red line, and the other leg touching down lightly just behind the plate. The non-stance foot is reached out in the desired direction, pushing the reach indicator as far as they can while maintaining balance. The higher the value, the better the balance.	5 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emery Test	Monopodal balance on an unstable base. The time that is held with closed eyes is counted before losing balance. The longer it is held, the better the balance is considered.	0 week, 5 week.
Romberg Test	Bipodal balance on pressure platform. They hold on for 30 seconds with their eyes open. This test gives data on the area and speed of displacement of the center of gravity. The lower the values, the better the balance.	0 week, 5 week.
Sidewide Test	The participant will perform side jumps over a 25 cm wide board. The number of jumps you make will be counted. The higher the number of jumps, the agility will be considered to be better.	0 week, 5 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Valencia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): March 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 20, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): January 31, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 5, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 4, 2023
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Balance; Suspension training; Instability training
• Other Study ID Numbers: SUS_VS_INEST

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No