Clinical trials: Biomechanics
Adult ALL, Healthy
Effects of Malleo-Lok Stiffness on Lower Limb Mechanics
The primary purpose of this research study is to determine if the stiffness of a commercially available ankle foot orthosis (Malleo-Lok, Bio-Mechanical Composites, Des Moines IA) impacts gait biomechanics and overall joint level…
- Trial name
- MalleoLokStiff (NCT04806100)
- Testing
- Malleo-Lok
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Amputation, Prosthesis User
Lower Limb Prostheses for Individuals Who Carry Infants, Toddlers, and Other Loads
The aim of this research is to identify the prosthetic foot that results in improved walking performance when individuals with lower limb amputation carry infants, toddlers, or other loads.
- Trial name
- NCT07159490
- Testing
- Standard-of-care prosthetic foot, Standard-of-care prosthetic foot with heel-stiffening wedge, Standard-of-care prosthetic foot of one category greater stiffness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Upper-Extremity Motor Recovery in Post-stroke Hemiparesis
The results of this study will provide sound, scientific evidence of physiologic mechanisms responsible for upper-extremity weakness; evidence of the processes involved in neuromuscular adaptation; and will elucidate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00125658
- Testing
- Control, Experimental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Cerebral Palsy: Ankle Foot Orthoses - Footwear Combinations
Ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP) demonstrate altered lower limb biomechanical alignment in walking (e.g. excessive hip/knee flexion or equinus during stance) and experience walking activity limitations that negatively…
- Trial name
- CP-AFOFC (NCT03756571)
- Testing
- Ankle Foot Orthoses-Footwear Combination, Traditional Solid Ankle AFO (TSAFO)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Peripheral Artery Disease
Improving Mobility in Peripheral Artery Disease Using an Ankle Foot Orthosis
This study will determine whether an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) improves walking performance in participants with PAD from its first use.
- Trial name
- NCT02902211
- Testing
- Ankle foot orthosis, Control/standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Incline Training to Personalize Motor Control Interventions After Stroke
This study will evaluate the use of incline and decline treadmill training to address specific motor control deficits identified within different post-stroke walking patterns.
- Trial name
- NCT03561246
- Testing
- Incline treadmill walking, Decline treadmill walking, Level Treadmill (Control)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Knee Osteoarthritis
Effect of Footwear on the Clinical, Functional, and Biomechanical Aspects in Elderly Women With Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether inexpensive, flexible and non-heeled footwear is effective in improving of clinical, functional and gait biomechanics in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- OA (NCT01342458)
- Testing
- Flexible footwear
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Larynx Cancer, Laryngectomy; Status
Phonatory Movement of the Pharyngoesophageal Mucosa in Laryngectomy Patients
The treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer involves the removal of the entire larynx. After removal of the larynx, the pharyngoesophageal segment (PES) is created by reconstructing the soft tissue of the pharynx and oesophagus…
- Trial name
- NCT05561920
- Testing
- High-speed video endoscopy (HSV), Acoustic voice analysis, Quality of life questionnaire
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Osijek University Hospital
Stroke
Internally Versus Externally Guided Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) for Locomotor Recovery Post-stroke
The overriding goal of this proposal is to identify the critical physiological and biomechanical effects of BWSTT for promoting improved locomotor function in persons with post-stroke hemiparesis.
- Trial name
- NCT00125619
- Testing
- Locomotor training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Achilles Tendon Pain
Achilles Pain Block
The purpose of this study is to better understand how the peripheral and central nervous system interact to produce the sensation of pain and motor patterns in patients with achilles tendinopathy (AT).
- Trial name
- APB (NCT03316378)
- Testing
- Ropivacaine injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruth Chimenti
Ankle Fractures, Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
Iterative Design of Custom Dynamic Orthoses to Reduce Articular Contact Stress
The proposed study evaluates the effect of carbon fiber brace design on forces across the ankle joint. Research suggests that ankle arthritis develops after ankle fracture, in part, due to elevated forces on the cartilage.
- Conditions
- Ankle Fractures, Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis Ankle
- Trial name
- PRMRP-FPA2 (NCT04562896)
- Testing
- Custom Carbon Fiber Dynamic Orthosis (CDO)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Adult ALL, Healthy
Iterative Design of Custom Dynamic Orthoses
The proposed study evaluates the effect of carbon fiber brace design on forces across the ankle joint. It is expected that carbon fiber braces can be designed to reduce forces in the ankle.
- Trial name
- PRMRP-Norms (NCT04800510)
- Testing
- Carbon Fiber Custom Dynamic Orthosis (CDO)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa