Clinical trial NCT04987346: Normative Database for Gait Analysis on the GRAIL UZ Gent
Official title: Normative Database for Gait Analyses and Balance on the GRAIL at the University Hospital of Ghent.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Gait
Keywords: Gait analysis
Control group
Healthy
Reference data
Kinematics
Kinetics
EMG
Dual-tasking
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University Ghent
First posted: 2021-08-03
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to collect a large set of norm/control data on an instrumented treadmill (the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab - GRAIL) at the university hospital of Ghent for the purpose of clinical studies as well as for clinical interpretation.

We hypothesize that this norm/control data will provide reference data of the normal gait patterns in the healthy population such that we can then use it to identify gait abnormalities in populations with pathology.

The following data will be collected on the GRAIL while subjects walk at different gait speeds: 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG.

Additionally, 3D kinematics, kinetics, and EMG data will be collected when performing either a cognitive (Stroop Color and Word Test) or motor (requiring arm swing) dual-task while walking at comfortable walking speed.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy participants

Exclusion Criteria:

* They suffer from neurological disorder
* Have balance problems
* Take medications that affect gait and balance
* Have undergone surgical procedures on the lower limbs in the past
* Experience pain in their lower limbs or back at the time of test taking.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Kinematics
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Kinetics
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: EMG
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: EMG synergies
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameters
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameters
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Spatiotemporal parameters
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Gait deviation index
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Game result (cognitive task)
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Game result (motor task)
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
Other outcomes:
measure: Demographic data
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: height (cm)
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: weight
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: segment lengths (cm)
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: M-ABC-2
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
measure: Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ)
timeFrame: single point assessment in 1 day
Locations:
city: Ghent
country: Belgium
facility: Ghent University Hospital
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