Analysis of Functional Performance in Subjects With Obesity During Motor Tasks.
Condition: Obesity
MeSH terms: Obesity
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Background. Individuals with obesity can present several functional limitations that can
      significantly impact on their quality of life. Furthermore, even during the execution of
      specific motor tasks, subjects with obesity can experience excessive biomechanical overload.
      It is therefore necessary to develop appropriate assessment protocols that are able to
      provide support for risk assessment, in consideration of different types of motor tasks,
      including movements that can reflect the main daily and / or work activities. In this
      perspective, it is essential to define a protocol that includes an integrated evaluation
      process based on objective and quantitative metrics, i.e., functional scales, clinical
      scores, etc. In this context, the quantitative analysis of movement is widely used in
      clinical practice and in research to investigate in an objective and comprehensive way on
      movement disorders in various pathological conditions, including obesity. Conventionally,
      kinematic and kinetic parameters of movement are measured in motion analysis laboratories,
      using optoelectronic systems based on passive markers, force platforms and electromyographic
      systems, which represent the gold standard. Although motion analysis is considered accurate,
      the availability of specific laboratories, high costs and dependence on trained users
      sometimes limit its use in clinical practice. A variety of wearable sensors available today
      has enabled researchers and clinicians to pursue applications where individuals are monitored
      in home and outpatient settings.

      Hypothesis and significance. The hypothesis is that wearables could reveal a good agreement,
      accuracy, and correlation between the parameters measured by means of optoelectronic system
      and those measured by wearables in individuals with obesity.

      Specific Aims. The main objective is the implementation of an integrated protocol for the
      clinical evaluation of subjects with obesity through the analysis of the execution of
      different motor tasks typical of daily life and work. Appropriately identified clinical
      scores and scales will also be supported by quantitative evaluations carried out with human
      movement analysis systems (optoelectronic systems based on markers and inertial measurement
      units).
    


Intervention name(s): Execution of different motor tasks typical of daily life and work
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): Patients with obesity will carry out different motor tasks typical of daily life and work and, using optoelectronic systems based on passive markers, force platforms and electromyographic systems, kinematic and kinetic parameters of movement will be recorded and analysed for the implementation of an integrated protocol for the clinical evaluation of subjects with obesity.
Intervention model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Diagnostic