Clinical trial NCT06687915: Comparison of Balance and Coordination Parameters of Visually Impaired and Healthy Individuals
Official title: The Comparison of Balance and Coordination Between Visually Impaired and Healthy Sedentary Individuals
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Blindness Congenital
Keywords: Complete Blindness
Visual Impairments
Posture Balance
Lead sponsor: Bahçeşehir University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-14
Enrollment: 38
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: In this study, congenitally visually impaired individuals and healthy individuals aged between 18-40 years were included.

Brief summary: The aim of this \[observational study\] is to examine balance in multiple aspects by comparing balance, coordination, and gait parameters between congenitally blind individuals and healthy individuals with multiple scales.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is there a difference in balance and coordination between congenitally blind individuals and healthy individuals? comparison group: Healthy sedated individuals Participants will be asked to complete balance scales.

Detailed description: Visually impaired, with all corrections, individuals who have one tenth of the usual visual acuity of the seeing eye, i.e. 20/200 visual acuity or less, or whose visual angle does not exceed 20 degrees are called blind. The meaning of 20/200 is that an individual affected by visual impairment can see from 60 cm, while an individual with normal vision can see from 6 m. Narrow angle of vision means that, despite normal visual acuity, vision is limited only to the centre, 20 degrees, and objects beyond 20 degrees cannot be seen.

Balance depends on the integration of information received from proprioceptive, vestibular and visual sensory systems. It has been observed that visually impaired individuals have problems in postural stability and balance due to insufficient information from the visual system. In this study, it was aimed to compare the balance, coordination and gait parameters of congenitally visually impaired individuals and healthy sedentary individuals.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Congenital visual impairment
* Not having any acute or chronic disease other than congenital blindness

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having musculoskeletal deformity
* Being involved in a professional sport
* Having received physiotherapy treatment for balance before

Primary outcomes:
measure: Berg Balance Test
timeFrame: At the baseline of the study
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trabzon
country: Turkey
facility: Avrasya University
state: Ortahisar
Study officials:
affiliation: Okan University
name: Emine Atıcı, Assoc. Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Bahçeşehir University
name: Alper Percin, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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