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External Focus of Attention Feedback to Reduce Risk of Non-contact ACL Injury
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Summary
Knee injuries, especially those to the ACL, are common among physically active people. Preventing these injuries from happening is critical to limiting the long-term pain, disability, and arthritis associated with these injuries. Our study is going to examine new ways to provide feedback about the way people move to determine if these are better at modifying movement patterns to prevent injury than current standard treatments. If you participate, you will be asked to undergo a movement analysis in a research laboratory while you perform tasks such as landing from a box and running and cutting. After this initial assessment, you will be randomly allocated to one of 3 treatment groups. Each treatment group will perform 4 weeks (3x/week) of exercises to change the way people land from a jump. Participants will then report for follow-up movement analysis testing 1- and 4-weeks after completing the intervention.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 35 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2021-08-15
Completion Date
2025-03-31
Last Updated
2024-04-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Internal focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over a 3-week period of functional movement retraining while receiving mirror feedback. Participants will be instructed to perform each functional task in a manner that keeps their knee in line with their toes.
Visual internal focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over a 3-week period of functional movement retraining while receiving visual feedback via laser. Participants will be instructed to perform each functional task in a manner that does causes the laser to move up and down but not side-to-side.
Auditory external focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over a 3-week period of functional movement retraining while receiving auditory feedback. Participants will be instructed to perform each functional task in a manner that does not cause the auditory tool to elicit a noise.
Locations (1)
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States