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
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
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
Single group
different dual-task paradigms
Other interventionParticipants 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.
Cognitive dual-task cost
Dual-task cost with the different modalities are operationalized by reaction time.
Exergaming performance
Operationalized as task success rate
Motor dual-task cost
The motor dual-task costs are operationalized by the peak knee abduction angle.
Countermovement Jump
Height of a countermovement jump
ProAgility Test
Measured using the total elapsed time in the ProAgility Test.
Y-Balance Test
Measured using the composite reach distance in all directions of the Y-Balance Test.
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