Clinical trials: Ambulation
COPD, Healthy
The Effectiveness of Dual-task Exercises in Individuals With COPD
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of dual-task performance on motor and cognitive functions and to determine the effect of dual-task exercises given together with the pulmonary rehabilitation program on…
- Trial name
- NCT05930158
- Testing
- Dual Task Exercises, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Cognitive Decline
Efficacy of a Multimodal Brain Health Intervention for Older African Americans
This study tests the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a multimodal intervention (walking, social engagement, and reminiscence), including the use of wearable digital biomarkers, for cognitively healthy and mildly…
- Trial name
- SHARP (NCT04863378)
- Testing
- Walking conversational reminiscence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Cognitive Change, Physical Performance
Coginitve and Physical Functions in Geriatric İndividuals
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between cognitive functions with physical performance, grip strength, walking speed, mobility, and frailty in geriatric individuals.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Physical Performance, Frailty, Mobility
- Trial name
- NCT06400134
- Testing
- Cognitive Function, Physical Performance, Grip Strength
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Stroke, Healthy Volunteers
Effects of Rehabilitation Robots-Morning Walk in Individuals With Hemiparesis
In this study, our objective is to explore and evaluate interventions to improve the process of recovery following a stroke. The main focus is on enhancing symmetrical walking patterns in adults who have experienced neurological…
- Trial name
- NCT06374706
- Testing
- Morning Walk training for stroke, Morning Walk training for healthy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Foot, Footwear
Footwear and Brain Activity in Children
Childhood is a critical period for neuromotor development, during which footwear may influence both gait biomechanics and the integration of sensory and motor control processes.
- Conditions
- Foot, Footwear, Children
- Trial name
- FooTBAC (NCT07151352)
- Testing
- Starting Condition - Barefoot, Barefoot-Style Footwear, Conventional Footwear with Heel Drop
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
Knee Arthroplasty
First Mobilization Protocol for Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
This single blinded randomized controlled study evaluates the effect of developed First Mobilization Protocol applied to knee arthroplasty patients on state anxiety, kinesiophobia, initial mobilization related symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT06268899
- Testing
- First mobilization protocol
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Grief, Traumatic Stress
Walk With Me for Perinatal Grief
This research will contribute to therapeutic technology to support bereaved parents who have experienced a perinatal loss. The proposed mobile application would accomplish this objective by providing a series of therapeutic…
- Conditions
- Grief, Traumatic Stress, Usability
- Trial name
- PeriGrief (NCT05318287)
- Testing
- Walk with Me
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Maternal Obesity Complicating Pregnancy, Maternal Obesity Complicating Childbirth
Walking in Pregnancy (WiP) - a Social Networking Physical Activity Intervention for Pregnant Obese Women
A physical activity feasibility randomised control trial for pregnant, obese women.
- Trial name
- WiP (NCT03307733)
- Testing
- walking and behavour change techniques
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Hallam University
Amputation
Does Walking Performance Improve When Veterans With Leg Amputations Are Given Visual Feedback?
Previous studies suggest that Veterans with below the knee amputation using passive-elastic or powered prostheses have impaired physical function, which could increase the risk of osteoarthritis, leg/back pain, and…
- Trial name
- NCT03974945
- Testing
- Passive-elastic prosthetic foot, Powered ankle-foot prosthesis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chuvash Polycythemia, Cerebrovascular Disease
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia and Sickle Cell Disease
The study will look at the risk factors for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and examine the role of hypoxia (oxygen shortage) in the disease.
- Conditions
- Chuvash Polycythemia, Cerebrovascular Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sickle Cell Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT00495638
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Russia
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Physical Activity, Behavior
WalkIT Arizona: Walking Interventions Through Texting
The purpose of this study is to develop adaptive (AI) and micro-incentive (MI) interventions and test them against static (SI) and delayed-incentive (DI) interventions in a 4-arm randomized factorial trial to increase MVPA…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Goals
- Trial name
- NCT02717663
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Static Goals, Delayed (non-contingent) Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 512 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Exercise
Effects of Exercise Training on Functional Physical Fitness, Balance and Walking in the Community-dwelling Older Adults
This study aimed to determine whether a 12-week combined exercise intervention program with extra emphasis on balance, muscle strength, and walking ability was designed to improve functional fitness, balance, walking speed in…
- Trial name
- NCT04812587
- Testing
- exercise intervention program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Severe Mobility Impairment, Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Effects of Virtual Walking on Chronic Pain and Psychological Distress for Individuals With Severe Mobility Impairment
This randomized controlled trial aims to: (1) examine the effects of virtual walking intervention on chronic pain (primary outcome), and on depression, stress, anxiety, and quality of life (secondary outcomes) compared with the…
- Conditions
- Severe Mobility Impairment, Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Poliomyelitis
- Trial name
- NCT07820618
- Testing
- Virtaul walking, Passive observing video
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (INPH)
Walking Pattern Characteristics in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
20 patients who are diagnosed with NPH receive a set of 5 wearable gyroscopes (IMUs, ZurichMove sensors) for a period of 3 days for measurement and characterization of their walking in an ambulatory setting.
- Trial name
- NPH wearables (NCT04702035)
- Testing
- Characterization of walking pattern characteristics in an ambulatory setting using wearable IMUs (ZurichMOVE sensors)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Amputation
Active Knee Prosthesis Study for Improvement of Locomotion for Above Knee Amputees
The purpose of this study is to develop a robust, low-power, stable, and light weight, active knee prosthetic device that can dramatically increase gait symmetry and walking economy of a transfemoral amputee during walking.
- Trial name
- NCT00771589
- Testing
- Active Knee Prosthesis
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence VA Medical Center
Exercise, Flatfoot
Short Foot Exercises With Respiratuar Exercises
Pes planus is a common foot problem since childhood, which may include loss of height of the medial longitudinal arch, which is the most important arch supporting the foot, valgus of the hindfoot, and abduction of the midfoot…
- Trial name
- NCT05128526
- Testing
- exercise, respiratory
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Articular Cartilage Degeneration
MechSens - Dose-response Relationship of in Vivo Ambulatory Load and Mechanosensitive Cartilage Biomarkers
This study is to investigate the effects of age, tissue status and the presence of inflammation on the in vivo dose-response relationship of ambulatory load and mechanosensitive blood markers of articular cartilage.
- Trial name
- MechSens (NCT04128566)
- Testing
- walking stress test
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Lung Cancer
Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Impairments in Patients With Lung Cancer Awaiting Surgery
To detect comparatively the extent to which physical impairments are observed in patients with lung cancer awaiting lung surgery, comparing exercise capacity, pulmonary functions, muscle strength, physical activity, dyspnea…
- Trial name
- NCT04450719
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Pain, Hypoxia
Effects of Walking Apnea at Low Lung Volume on Hypoalgesia, Cardiovascular Function and Respiratory Function
The aim of this randomized controlled study is to explore the hypoalgesic response of a 6 minutes of intermittent walking apneas training session at low lung volume in healthy subjects; also, as secondary objectives, to analyze…
- Conditions
- Pain, Hypoxia, Hypercapnia, Apnea
- Trial name
- NCT06158295
- Testing
- Voluntary apnoea
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro Universitario La Salle
Parkinson Disease, Stroke
Smart Wearable Device (gaitQ): Walk Better Project
This study will be underpinned by the new MRC guidelines for developing a complex intervention with a participatory design methodology that uses evidence-based research and behaviour change models alongside COSMIN methodology for…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT05913219
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter