Clinical trials: Gait Instability
Gait, Unsteady
Restoring Central Motor Control Extension
Motor skill training therapy aims to improve the brain's control of walking and can improve clinic-based measures of walking in older adults.
- Trial name
- PRIMA-NIRS (NCT04302831)
- Testing
- Strength training, Endurance training, Flexibility training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hallux Valgus, Instability of the Foot Arch
Measurement of Arch Motion After Bunion Surgery
This study is an observational "change from baseline" outcome measures design. Data is collected for the sake of evaluating treatment (fusion surgery) performed as standard medical care, but the investigator does not assign…
- Trial name
- NCT02074748
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Parkinson's Disease
Postural Instability in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
The purpose of this study is to better understand why individuals with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) fall. Understanding the mechanism of gait and balance dysfunction in individuals with PSP may provide us with important…
- Trial name
- NCT01563276
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Chronic Ankle Instability
Effects Of Rehabilitation Incorporating Gait Training On Clinical Measures Associated With Chronic Ankle Instability
This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) regarding the conservative treatment of chronic ankle instability (CAI) with an impairment based rehabilitation program.
- Trial name
- NCT02533037
- Testing
- Traditional Instability Tools, Ankle Destabilization Shoes
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Parkinson's Disease
Kinematic and Neural Dynamics of Postural Instability in Parkinson's Disease
Balance problems and falls are among the most common complaints in Veterans with Parkinson's Disease (PD), but there are no effective treatments and the ability to measure balance and falls remains quite poor.
- Trial name
- NCT06405334
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke, Balance; Distorted
Visual Dependence and Multisensory Balance Rehabilitation After Stroke
This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the prevalence of post-stroke visual dependence, and the effects of visual dependence on balance and gait.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Balance; Distorted, Gait, Unsteady
- Trial name
- NCT04702815
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Chronic Low-back Pain, Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
The Effects of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction on Gait and Disability
It has been reported that gait coordination changes in patients with chronic low back pain, walking slower, taking shorter steps and having asymmetrical stride lengths compared to their healthy peers.
- Conditions
- Chronic Low-back Pain, Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction, Gait, Unsteady, Disability Physical
- Trial name
- NCT05786118
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
Parkinson Disease, Balance
Effects of Exer Gaming on Balance and Gait in Parkinson's Patients
To compare the effects of exer-gaming with conventional physiotherapy on balance and gait in Parkinson's patients
- Trial name
- NCT05043727
- Testing
- Exer gaming, conventional treatment plan
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Gait, Unsteady, Vestibular Disorder
OKS for Gait Instability
Specific aim: To determine whether optokinetic stimulation can improve gait abnormalities. Hypothesis: Optokinetic stimulation stimulates the vestibular system and can improve vestibular induced gait disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03579186
- Testing
- OKS
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Accidental Falls, Muscle Weakness
The Effects of a Walking Program on Balance, Falls and Well Being in Individuals Residing in Long-term Care
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a regular walking program (which inevitably involves human interaction) compared to a usual care condition and to a human interaction condition (without the extra…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Muscle Weakness, Gait, Unsteady, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT01277809
- Testing
- Interpersonal Interaction, Walking Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Parkinson Disease, Gait, Unsteady
Effect of Haptic Cueing on Long-Range Autocorrelations in Parkinson's Disease Gait Variability
Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients suffer from gait impairments responsible for falls and bad quality of life: reduced speed and stride length, randomness in the temporal organization of stride duration variability (reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT05790759
- Testing
- No cueing versus Haptic cueing versus Auditory cueing during parkinson's disease gait
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Gait, Unsteady, Healthy
Effect of Gait Training With a Walking Assist Robot on Gait Function and Balance in Elderly Adults
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of gait training with the new wearable hip assist robot developed by Samsung Advance Institute of Technology (Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd, Korea) in elderly adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03325998
- Testing
- Samsung Hip Assist v1
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Parkinson Disease
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus (PPN)
This is a mechanistic study to determine the differential effects of the dopaminergic and cholinergic systems on attention, gait, and balance.
- Trial name
- PPNGB01 (NCT04605263)
- Testing
- STN-PPN DBS Surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery (DBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
Menopause, Gait, Unsteady
Effects of Strength Training on the Gait and Pelvic Floor in Menopausal Women
The overall objective will be to observe whether a strength and balance training intervention produces significant changes in the analysis of double stance phase movement during gait, the analysis of coxofemoral, tibial and…
- Conditions
- Menopause, Gait, Unsteady, Pelvic Floor Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07824947
- Testing
- Strength training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alcala
Gait, Unsteady, Postural Balance
Wii-Fit For Balance And Gait In Elderly Veterans
Falls are a major public health problem. They are the leading cause of injuries and injury-related deaths in those aged over 65 years. Balance and gait abnormalities are major reasons for falls in elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT02190045
- Testing
- Wii-Fit exercises, Cognitive remediation exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Vertebral Fracture, Balance
Evaluation of Balance and Gait Weight Distribution in Patients With Vertebral Column Fractures
Vertebral column fracture presents a significant warning of subsequent osteoporotic fracture and frequent falls. The presence of an osteoporotic vertebral fracture is also a predictor of further risk of vertebral and other…
- Conditions
- Vertebral Fracture, Balance, Gait, Unsteady
- Trial name
- NCT05010135
- Testing
- Zebris Gait System assessment for gait weight distribution + EMG evaluation of Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Tib Anterior and Calves + Positional Sense assessment
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Tung Wah College
Fall Injury, Walking, Difficulty
Attentional Focus Instructions and Conscious Movement Processing in Older Adults
This study aims to provide a novel scientific contribution through addressing critical knowledge gaps, examining the effects of attentional focus instructions on real-time (state) conscious movement processing propensity, gait…
- Conditions
- Fall Injury, Walking, Difficulty, Gait, Unsteady
- Trial name
- NCT05411536
- Testing
- Walking trials
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chronic Ankle Instability
Sensory-Targeted Ankle Rehabilitation Strategies (STARS)
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of 3 types of sensory-targeted rehabilitation interventions on subjective and objective measures of function for those with chronic ankle instability.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT01541657)
- Testing
- Ankle Joint Mobilization, Foot Massage, Calf Stretching
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Joel Thompson
Parkinson Disease, Freezing of Gait
Split-belt Treadmill Training to Rehabilitate Freezing of Gait and Balance in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) related gait and balance disorders are challenging to treat because they cannot be optimized with pharmacological intervention alone.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Freezing of Gait, Gait, Unsteady
- Trial name
- NCT04946812
- Testing
- Split-belt treadmill training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Parkinson Disease
Multiple Objective Particle Swarm Optimization Postural Instability Gait Disorder
Sixty patients will be enrolled in this study who are treated for Parkinson's disease (PD) with bilateral deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (STN) or globus pallidus (GP), who have a pre- operative 7 Tesla MRI…
- Trial name
- MOPSO PIGD (NCT05893186)
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation, STN, GP Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota