External Focus of Attention Feedback to Reduce Risk of Non-contact ACL Injury

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 35
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• exercise 30+ minutes 3+ days/week

Locations
United States
North Carolina
UNC Charlotte
RECRUITING
Charlotte
Contact Information
Primary
Abbey Thomas, PhD
afenwick@uncc.edu
704+687+8628
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-08-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-03-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Active_comparator: Internal focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over 3 weeks receiving visual feedback in a mirror of their movement patterns.
Experimental: Visual external focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over 3 weeks receiving visual feedback of their movement patterns from a laser.
Experimental: Auditory external focus of attention feedback
Participants will complete 12 sessions over 3 weeks receiving auditory feedback of their movement patterns.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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