Clinical trials: Mobility
Amputation, Limb Deficiencies
Assessing the DSR Ankle
This research is being done to conduct a preliminary investigation into a new prosthetic microprocessor controlled (MPC) ankle, called the Damping, Stiffness, and Repositioning (DSR) ankle.
- Trial name
- NCT05955378
- Testing
- DSR Ankle, Predicate Ankle
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Synchro Motion LLC
Mobility Limitation
Lower Extremity Muscle and Function in the Elderly: Study 2
This research study is looking to compare the effects of two uniquely different power training interventions (high force, lower velocity versus low force, high velocity) on changes in mobility status among older individuals at…
- Trial name
- NCT01614392
- Testing
- High velocity low force Power Training, Low velocity high force Power Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Upper Extremity Injury, Sport Injury
Throwers Ten Exercises On Upper Extremity Function and Explosive Power in Wheelchair Basketball and Basketball Players
Basketball is a challenging sport that requires participants to demonstrate physical fitness and special athletic skills at high levels.
- Conditions
- Upper Extremity Injury, Sport Injury, Shoulder Pain, Muscle Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT04019990
- Testing
- The effect of throwers ten exercise programme on wheelchair basketball and ambulant basketball players
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Surgery, Mobility
Real-time Location System Feasibility Study
The proposed study will investigate the feasibility of using the Wake Forest Real-time Location System (RTLS) in monitoring patient movement during their in-hospital postoperative recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT03988751
- Testing
- Ambulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
Aging
Health Outcomes of Tai Chi in Subsidized Senior Housing
The proposed study will determine whether Tai Chi is an effective and practical intervention to improve overall function and lower health care utilization in an expensive, vulnerable population of seniors that is more…
- Trial name
- Mi-WISH (NCT02346136)
- Testing
- Tai Chi training, Educational Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Mobility in Multiple Sclerosis
The purpose of this study is to investigate the capacity of a 6-week treatment with neuromuscular electrical stimulation to improve walking in individuals whose mobility has been compromised by multiple sclerosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02152085
- Testing
- Narrow pulse, Wide pulse
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Parkinson's Disease
Imaging Biomarkers of Progression of Mobility Impairment in Parkinson Disease
The purpose of this research is to evaluate changes in cholinergic brain activity over time in subjects with Parkinson disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01106976
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injury
Mobility and Therapeutic Benefits Resulting From Exoskeleton Use in a Clinical Setting (SC140121 Study 1 and 2)
The proposed study is intended to inform the hypotheses that (1) regular dosing of exoskeleton walking will provide health benefits to non-ambulatory and poorly-ambulatory individuals with SCI, including decreased pain and…
- Trial name
- NCT03082898
- Testing
- Indego Exoskeleton
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Tourniquets, Knee Arthroplasty, Total
Tourniquet Pressure in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
This proposed novel randomized control trial (RCT) seeks to address this gap in TKA protocol by gaining a better understanding of the relationship between tourniquet pressure and time, and intraoperative performance and…
- Conditions
- Tourniquets, Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Knee Replacement, Total
- Trial name
- NCT02830087
- Testing
- Tourniquet Cuff Pressure
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Cerebral Palsy
Stand-on Ride-on Power Mobility Devices for Children With Cerebral Palsy
The goal of this interventional study is to learn about the biomechanical factors underlying the beneficial changes in children with cerebral palsy after using individually-adapted stand-on ride-on power mobility devices (PMD).
- Trial name
- NCT06455930
- Testing
- Stand-on ride-on power mobility device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Florida