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NCT Number: NCT07461025

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

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

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy Athlete

Age range

18 year–34 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Winterthur, Canton of Zurich, 8400, Switzerland

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • age between 18 and 34 years
  • self-reported recreationally or competitively active (more than 2 hours per week)
  • self-reported ability to complete change of direction, balancing, and jumping tasks
  • capacity to sign informed consent
  • ability to understand German

Exclusion criteria

  • acute injury in the last 6 months resulting in missing more than 3 training sessions
  • severe comorbidity or condition which would prohibit performance of the lsted testing tasks
  • self-reported pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

different dual-task paradigms

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Cognitive dual-task cost

    Time frame: Measurement session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90)

    Dual-task cost with the different modalities are operationalized by reaction time.

  2. Exergaming performance

    Time frame: Session 2 (days 6-90)

    Operationalized as task success rate

Secondary outcomes

  1. Motor dual-task cost

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0)

    The motor dual-task costs are operationalized by the peak knee abduction angle.

  2. Countermovement Jump

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Height of a countermovement jump

  3. ProAgility Test

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Measured using the total elapsed time in the ProAgility Test.

  4. Y-Balance Test

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (days 6-90)

    Measured using the composite reach distance in all directions of the Y-Balance Test.

  5. Joint Angle

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Angles of ankle, knee, and hip during the dual-tasks.

  6. Joint Moment

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Moments of ankle, knee, and hip during the dual-tasks.

  7. Ground Reaction Force

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Ground reaction force during the dual-tasks.

  8. Center of pressure

    Time frame: Session 1 (day 0) and session 2 (day 6-90)

    Center of pressure during the dual-tasks.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Other

Registry information

Acronym: DUTACO

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Mar 10, 2026
Registry last updated
Sep 1, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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