Effects of Breathing Exercises on Reaction Time (reaction time)

Short And Long Term Effects Of Breathing Exercises on Reaction Time: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of the study was to investigate the short and long-term effects of breathing exercises on reaction time.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Breathing, Mouth
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: breathing exercises

Detailed Description

A total of 40 participants who volunteered to participate in the study from the students of the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University will be included in the study. Participants will be randomly divided into two groups using a simple random numbers table. The study group (15 people) will be given respiratory exercises (12 sessions). The control group (15 people) will receive no intervention. In the study, after the demographic characteristics of the participants are obtained, reaction time will be evaluated with auditory and visual reaction tests and upper extremity reaction tests. All evaluations are planned to take a total of 15 minutes.

The same assessments will be performed in both groups. To measure the long-term effect, after the initial evaluations are completed, the study group will be given a total of 12 sessions of breathing exercises for 4 weeks (3 days a week). After 4 weeks, both groups will be evaluated again. To measure the short-term effect, the respiratory exercise program will be started after the 1st evaluation in the study group, and the 2nd evaluation will be made after the first session.

Canan Demir will perform breathing exercises, and the other researchers who will evaluate will not know which group the participants are in. In this way, the study will be single-blinded.

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• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 31
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Balıkesir, Turkey, 10200
    • BandırmaOnyediEylulU

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 28 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• To be between the ages of 18-30
• Not having any problems that prevent breathing exercises

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute infection or chronic disease of neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic, cardiological, rheumatological, etc. origin
• Having had any injury and/or operation (trauma, surgery, fracture, etc.) in the last 6 months
• Regular medication use
• Presence of respiratory disease (asthma, COPD, etc...)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Breathing exercises; First evaluation - breathing exercises (1 session) - second evaluation - breathing exercises (11 sessions) - third evaluation	Other: breathing exercises; After the initial 5 minutes of relaxed breathing, the participants will perform diaphragmatic and costal breathing for 10 minutes. .5 diaphragmatic breathing will be done in 1 minute.
No Intervention: No exercise; First evaluation - no intervention (1 session) - second evaluation - no intervention (11 sessions) - third evaluation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Finger reaction test	By placing the dominant hand index finger on the left button of a computer mouse, the participant will be asked to press the left button as soon as the traffic light pattern glows green on the screen.	4weeks
Upper extremity reaction test	Upper extremity reaction test: It is planned to use a validated BlazePod sensor for upper extremity reaction time test	4weeks
Auditory Reaction Test	Auditory reaction time will be assessed with the playback.fm (https://playback.fm/audio-reaksiyon-time) test. Subjects will be asked to press the 'space bar' key each time they hear a sound. After five applications, data will be taken from the output page and the average reaction time will be calculated.	4weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 20, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 20, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): September 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 16, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 27, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 13, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 12, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiration Disorders; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Respiratory Aspiration; Mouth Breathing
• Other Study ID Numbers: Bandırma Onyedi EylulU

Drug and device information, study documents

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