An interventional study of learning spinal mobilization with a force sensor in Healthy, sponsored by Youngstown State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-06.
Sponsored by Youngstown State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
This is a research project on physical therapy education. Subjects will be recruited using convenience sampling from second-year physical therapy students on the campus of Youngstown State University. There are currently 28 students in the class. All students will be recruited to participate in the study. The objective of the study is to assess student learning of grades of spinal mobilization with real-time objective feedback.
Sampling: Subjects will be recruited using convenience sampling from second-year physical therapy students on the campus of Youngstown State University.
Research Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT). Subjects will be randomly assigned to the experimental group or control group. Subjects will attend a spinal mobilization lecture followed by a practice lab.
Randomization: Once enrolled in the study, each student will be randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. Randomization will occur via a random number generator and allocation will be concealed in opaque envelopes.
Intervention:
The experimental group will use a force sensor (Active5) while learning spinal mobilization during the practice lab portion of the class. The force sensor will provide objective feedback to the students. Each student will be instructed on how to use the Active 5 device prior to utilizing it in the classroom setting. The device can display the amount of force generated by the student on a smartphone or a tablet in real-time so the students would be able to adjust the amount of force.
The Control group will participate in the same classroom lecture and activity. However, during the practice lab portion of the class, the control group will only receive traditional subjective feedback from the class instructor and/or student peers.
A perceived competence scale survey (score between 0-10 with 10 being confident and 0 being not confident) with demographic information will be administered immediately after the intervention. An independent blinded instructor will serve as the assessor of student skill level to avoid bias immediately after the intervention/procedure. Student t-test will be used for data analysis.
Youngstown State University is the lead sponsor of 29 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects were able to practice spinal manipulation using the Activ5 device (Activbody, San Diego, CA, USA) for real-time objective visual feedback during in class lecture and lab. Activ5 device has a built-in force sensor that can provide realtime objective visual feedback via a Bluetooth connected mobile device.
Other: learning spinal mobilization with a force sensor
Subjects were taught spinal mobilization using the traditional approach.
Other: learning spinal mobilization with a force sensor
Experimental group will use a force sensor (Active5) while learning spinal mobilization during the practice lab portion of the class. The force sensor will provide objective feedback to the students. Each student will be instructed on how to use the Active 5 device prior to utilization it in the classroom setting.
A perceived competence scale survey instructor will serve as the assessor of student skill level to avoid bias. Student t test will be used for data analysis. Perceived competence scale survey
A self reporting survey (score between 0-10 with 10 being confident and 0 being not confident)
Time frame: immediately after the intervention/procedure
Student mobilization skill
Assessed by instructor on 0-10 scale (10 being a satisfactory and 0 being not satisfactory)
Time frame: immediately after the intervention/procedure
Plan to share: No
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