Clinical trials: Postural Control
Aging, Postural Balance
Tai Chi Intervention for Balance Function in Older Adults: Predictive and Modifying Roles of Circadian Age
This study investigates the effects of a 12-week Tai Chi intervention on balance function in community-dwelling older adults. Participants are randomly assigned to either a Tai Chi exercise group or a health education control…
- Conditions
- Aging, Postural Balance, Accidental Falls
- Trial name
- NCT07567976
- Testing
- Tai Chi Exercise, Health Education
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhide Liang
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is the most frequent spinal deformity in adolescence, but its etiology remains unknown. Recent publications suggest a link between ciliopathy and AIS.
- Trial name
- MEDULLOSCOL (NCT04760808)
- Testing
- Baseline Clinical Examination, Initial 3T MRI of the Brain and Spine, 6-month Follow-up Clinical Examination
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Smartphone Addiction, Postural Disorders
Smartphone Addiction, Posture and Breathing Control in University Students
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of smartphone addiction on postural problems and breathing control in healthy university students.
- Conditions
- Smartphone Addiction, Postural Disorders, Dysfunctional Breathing
- Trial name
- NCT07615322
- Testing
- Observational Assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Older Adults
Effect of Nervous System Mobilization on Older Adults' Postural Control
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of nervous system mobilization and exercise with exercise only on institutionalized older adults' postural control.
- Trial name
- NCT03493373
- Testing
- Exercise, Neural mobilization
- Where
- 2 sites in Portugal
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
Healthy Older Adults, Postural Balance
INDIVIDUALIZED DUAL-TASK TRAINING FOR BALANCE AND MOBILITY IN OLDER ADULTS
The goal of this clinical trial is to prevent functional decline and improve mobility in healthy older adults aged 65 and over. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the effect of individualized dual-task training on…
- Conditions
- Healthy Older Adults, Postural Balance, Dual Task Exercises in Elderly People, Dual Task Cost
- Trial name
- NCT07448961
- Testing
- Individualized Dual-Task Training, Standardized Dual-Task Training, Single-Task Motor Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sezen Karaborklu Argut
Development Coordination Disorder, Typical Developed Children
Movement Strategies During Balance Tasks in Children With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder
The main objective of the study is to gain insights in how children learn a balance task and whether there is a difference between children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT06802094
- Testing
- Single-session balance intervention in virtual reality
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Old Age; Debility, Fall
Effects of Perturbation-based Balance Training on Postural Control and Cortical Modulation in Elderly With Fall Risk
This is a single-blinded randomized controlled trial with pre- and post- measurements. Forty community-dwelling elderly (age> 65 y/o) with fall risk (defined as functional reach test≦25.4 cm) will be recruited and randomly…
- Trial name
- NCT04473885
- Testing
- Perturbation-based balance training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Orchestra, Postural
Frequency-Dependent Effects of Mobilization-Based Exercise on Dynamic Postural Control in Orchestra Musicians: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial
Orchestra musicians are exposed to prolonged asymmetric postures and repetitive upper-quarter loading that may affect postural control.
- Conditions
- Orchestra, Postural, Postural Balance Disorders, Postural Control
- Trial name
- NCT07632950
- Testing
- Experimental Group 1 Mobilization Exercises, Experimental Group 2 Mobilization Exercises
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Accidental Falls
A Feasibility Study of a Mobile Application Intervention to Promote Strength and Balance Exercises in Older People
This five arm feasibility study aims to promote self-management in strength and balance exercises among community-living older people.
- Trial name
- NCT02916849
- Testing
- Safe Step, OEP
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Pelvic Girdle Pain, Low Back Pain
The Role of Proprioceptive Deficits, Psychosocial Factors and Inflammation in Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain
A large proportion of pregnant women develop pregnancy-related low back and/or pelvic girdle pain (PPGP), which often does not recover spontaneously postpartum. As a result, 10% of women with PPGP are thus crucial.
- Trial name
- PROFit (NCT04226716)
- Testing
- Assessment of postural control, body perception, psychosocial factors and inflammation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
Postural Control, Muscle Tonus
Associations of Respiratory Muscle Strength and Trunk Muscle Mechanical Properties With Dynamic Postural Control
This study will examine the associations of respiratory muscle strength and trunk muscle mechanical properties with dynamic balance and limits of stability in healthy young adults.
- Conditions
- Postural Control, Muscle Tonus, Respiratory Muscle Strength
- Trial name
- NCT07890844
- Testing
- Myotonometry, Respiratory Muscle Strength Testing, and Computerized Balance Assessment
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istinye University
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Effects of Cerebellum or Supplementary Motor Area Functional Inactivation on Gait and Balance Control
In human, the physiology of gait and balance is not clearly established. By using functional imaging and electrophysiological techniques, various brain regions from the cortex to the midbrain area, including the cerebellum, have…
- Trial name
- CERESMARCHE (NCT02976298)
- Testing
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Postural Balance
Neuromuscular Warm-up Intervention to Improve Postural Control in Female Handball Players
Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations of static and dynamic balance as potential injury risk factors to a specific warm-up program…
- Trial name
- NCT02925377
- Testing
- Neuromuscular warm-up, Standard warm-up
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Postural; Defect
Effects of Postural Education or Corrective Exercise on Forward Head Posture
This randomized control trial examined the effects of postural education or corrective exercise intervention on the craniovertebral angle (CVA) in young adults with forward head posture (FHP).
- Trial name
- NCT05321654
- Testing
- Education for Behavior Modification, Corrective Exercise Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liberty University
Leg Length Inequality
The Postural Control in Individuals With the Structural Leg-length Discrepancy
The structural leg-length inequality caused by the shortening of a segment of an extremity, results in an altered position of lower limb joints, the pelvis and the spine in static as well as dynamic conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT03048656
- Testing
- static posturography
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Cryotherapy Effect, Balance; Disorder, Fluid
Effect on Dynamic Postural Stability After Application of Cryotherapy to the Knee Joint
The purpose of this study will determine the effect of cryotherapy applied to the knee joint on static and dynamic standing balance.
- Trial name
- NCT03151031
- Testing
- Cryotherapy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Asir John Samuel
Vitamin D Deficiency
Bone Myoregulation Reflex and Postural Control in Vitamin D Deficiency
This observational study aims to investigate the relationship between vitamin D deficiency, postural stability, and neuromuscular control mechanisms in adults.
- Trial name
- BMR-VITD (NCT07435935)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital