N/A
N=30
The Effect of Power Posing on Timed Up and Go Test Score
Healthy Volunteers
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03032393 ↗Enrolled (actual)
30
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Timed up and go Test — -0.17; 0.20 second
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- high-power (Other); low-power (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Youngstown State University
- Primary completion
- Dec 2017
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Timed up and go Test |
-0.17; 0.20 | — |
Summary
This study determines the effects of posture on time up and go test. Half of the subjects will assume a high-power posture, while the other half will assume a low-power posture.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- male or female, age 18 to 65, with all 4 extremities intact, and ability to stand still for 20 seconds.
Exclusion Criteria
- unable to stand with their feet together or one foot apart for at least 20 seconds, unable to wrap their arms around their torso or keep their hands on their hips for 20 seconds, unable to perform sit to stand transfer and ambulation independently, and cognitive impairments that interfere with the experimental procedures.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03032393). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.