Clinical trial NCT05328947: Normative Biomechanical Measures of Reaching in Able-Bodied Adults
Official title: Normative Biomechanical Measures of Reaching in Able-Bodied Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Individuals With Functional Limitations Which May Impact Their Forward Reach
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-14
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 59
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: A study to obtain normative values and repeatability measures during functional reaching tasks in able-bodied individuals with no functional limitations.

Detailed description: The study has three main aims: 1) Define the data collection methods, and calculate the repeatability, of joint angles, muscle activation magnitudes, seating pressure, foot pressure, and reach distance during seated and standing reaching activities. 2) Collect normative values of joint angles, muscle activation magnitudes, seating pressure, foot pressure, and reach distance during seated and standing functional reaching tasks in 40 participants with no functional limitations. Descriptive statistics will include calculating the mean, median, standard deviation, and range of the outcome variable values. 3) Compare joint angles, muscle activation magnitudes, seating pressure, foot pressure, and reach distance collected during a seated reaching task to those collected during a standing reaching task.

The data collected may be used in the future as baseline reference and repeatability values of outcome measures against which to compare values from individuals with functional limitations to quantify their functional ability.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

• 20-59 years of age at time of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Failure to give consent or follow simple commands
* Score of 7 or above on the QuickDASH Outcome Measure
* Score of 5 or above on the Oswestry Low Back Disability Questionnaire
* Score of 76 or below on the Lower Extremity Functional Scale
* Diagnosis of a neuromuscular disorder (e.g., muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia)
* Diagnosis of an inner ear balance disorder (e.g., benign paroxysmal positional vertigo)
* Insufficient active range of motion of bilateral shoulders or hips that results in inability to perform forward or lateral reaching tasks
* Any illness or condition which, based on the research team's assessment, will compromise the patient's ability to comply with the protocol, patient safety, or the validity of the data collected during this study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Joint angles
timeFrame: One data collection session, lasting approximately 4 hours
measure: Electromyography
timeFrame: One data collection session, lasting approximately 4 hours
measure: Center of pressure excursion
timeFrame: One data collection session, lasting approximately 4 hours
measure: Seated and foot pressures
timeFrame: One data collection session, lasting approximately 4 hours
measure: Reach distance
timeFrame: One data collection session, lasting approximately 4 hours
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
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