Clinical trial NCT01690611: Visual Feedback to Improve Balance During Walking
Official title: Sensory Treadmill to Improve of Balance During Walking
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Other Fall
Patient Falls
Keywords: Balance Training
Walking
Falls
Lead sponsor: Temple University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Maryland
First posted: 2012-09-24
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this research is to determine if real time visual feedback of body movements improves balance control more than walking on a treadmill alone. Individuals participating in this research study will be tested using a battery of clinical strength and balance assessments twice before a 4 week training period and once after the training period. The 4 week training period will consist of 12 sessions walking on a treadmill. The experimental group will see real time visual feedback regarding their body movements, and the control group will not receive this visual feedback. Following the 4 week training each participant will again be tested using the battery of clinical strength and balance assessments.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Fall Prone Older Adults (history of falls or loss of balance)
* ability to walk on the treadmill hands-free without assistance
* Mini-Mental Status Exam \> 23

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current enrollment in physical rehabilitation of any kind
* Medically unstable

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in BESTest Score, A clinical assessment of balance
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in Berg Balance Test Score
timeFrame: Test will be given at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in Activity Specific Balance Confidence Score
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in 6 Minute Walk Test
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in Comfortable Walking Speed
timeFrame: Measured daily, up to 12 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Muscle Strength
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in Overground Walking Speed
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
measure: Change from Baseline in Center of Mass variability
timeFrame: Tested daily, up to 12 days
measure: Change from Baseline in Power spectral density
timeFrame: Tested daily, up to 12 days
measure: Change from Baseline in Single/Dual Tasking ability
timeFrame: Tested at 0, 4, and 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mitchellville
country: United States
facility: Collington Episcopal Life Care Community
state: Maryland
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Pearson Hall, Temple University
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Temple University
name: John Jeka, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Anson E, Thompson E, Karpen SC, Odle BL, Seier E, Jeka J, Panus PC. Visual biofeedback training reduces quantitative drugs index scores associated with fall risk. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Oct 22;11(1):750. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3859-7.