Clinical trials: Walking
Fall Prevention, Balance, Falls
Evaluating Methods to Replicate Stumbles and Slips During Walking
This protocol outlines a study designed to investigate three different methodologies for inducing gait perturbations. Subjects will be divided into two groups: prosthetic users and able-bodied individuals.
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention, Balance, Falls, Amputation of Lower Limb
- Trial name
- NCT07175714
- Testing
- Methodologies to induce gait perturbations
- Where
- 2 sites in Iceland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Össur Iceland ehf
Circadian Rhythm, Health Adult Subjects
Circadian Rhythm and Cardiovascular Recovery After Submaximal Exercise
This cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study aims to investigate the relationship between morningness-eveningness characteristics and cardiovascular recovery after a submaximal exercise test in healthy individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT07833956
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Frailty
The Effect of Walking on Frailty
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of walking intensity on both frailty category (i.e., frail, pre-frail, and nonfrail) and frailty score as a continuous outcome on the SHARE-FI (frailty instrument).
- Trial name
- NCT03654807
- Testing
- High Intensity Walking, Casual Speed Walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Gait, Spastic
Walking Ability and Limit of Stability in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Trunk control in children with spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP) is impaired. They have weaker trunk muscle strenght, and insufficient sitting/standing balance according to their developing peers.
- Trial name
- NCT05583929
- Testing
- GAITRite gaitway system, Bertec Balance System
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muş Alparslan University
Cardiovascular Health
Effect of Daily Stair Walking on Cardiovascular Health
Many adults find it difficult to perform physical exercise during leisure. The workplace may provide an optimal setting to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
- Trial name
- IRMA (NCT01293253)
- Testing
- Stair walking
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Obesity & Overweight, Childhood Obesity
Combined Inspiratory Muscle Training and Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Boys With Obesity
Childhood obesity is associated with reduced cardiorespiratory fitness, impaired exercise tolerance, and altered respiratory mechanics.
- Trial name
- IMT and HIIT (NCT07810361)
- Testing
- Inspiratory Muscle Training, Functional High-Intensity Interval Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Healthy
Correlation of 6-Minute Walk Test and Neuromuscular Parameters in the Elderly
The six-minute walk test had been used to assessment the cardiopulmonary parameter in patients with lung and heart disease. And it has good reliability and validity.
- Trial name
- NCT00451737
- Testing
- Isokinetic test
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
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
Good Health
Measurement of a Systolic Pressure Index at the Toe After a Walking Test
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the concordance of the variation in systolic pressure indices measured at the toe and ankle after a walking test in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- IPSO FACTO (NCT01750944)
- Testing
- Ankle first, Toe first
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Outcome Measures in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Natural History Study
Novel emerging therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) require a deeper understanding of DMD natural history. This study aim to assess the natural history of DMD through a composite assessment tool capable of capturing…
- Trial name
- NCT02780492
- Testing
- Set of assessment tools
- Where
- 5 sites in France, Netherlands and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Physical Activity
Physical Activity Intervention to Promote Walking Among Female University Students
This study is a parallel group randomized controlled trial among female university students designed to test the effect of a physical activity intervention on daily walking.
- Trial name
- NCT03143309
- Testing
- Intervention, Control
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qassim University
Healthy
ActivE³ - Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday WP 2 - Personalized Data-driven Coaching Platform for Stimulating and Promoting Active Lifestyle and Health Risk Prevention
The objective of WP2 of the Active3 project is to develop a digital solution for promoting and monitoring physical activity in social settings (real or virtual) that implements a Preventive Medicine approach to healthy aging.
- Trial name
- Active3-WP2 (NCT07350915)
- Testing
- Digital Therapeutics
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Politecnico di Milano
Physical Inactivity
Mindful Walking Intervention for Physical Inactivity
Mindful walking is a meditation practice that combines physical activity and mindfulness practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions provided for increasing physical…
- Trial name
- NCT04277026
- Testing
- Mindful Walking
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clemson University
Weakness of the Lower Limbs
VERARE : Effectiveness of Virtual Motor Actions for Improving Walking in Patients With Post-resuscitation Muscle Weakness
After a hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), approximately 50% of patients usually have a ICU-Weakness, i.e. nerves and muscles injury secondary to immobilization and to treatments which had to be used.
- Trial name
- VERARE (NCT04441164)
- Testing
- Observation of Virtual Actions, Relaxation, Acceptability questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Obesity, Physical Activity
Evaluation of a Walking School Bus Program
Just two generations ago, walking or bicycling to school was the norm for a substantial number of US children, e.g. 48% of children walked or biked to school in 1969 versus only 13% in 2009.
- Trial name
- NCT01626807
- Testing
- Walking School Bus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Footwear
The Effect of Minimalist Footwear on the Anthropometric and Biomechanical Parameters of the Lower Limb and Foot
The study aims to determine whether 6months of wearing minimalist footwear causes changes in anthropometric parameters of the foot and the biomechanical parameters of the foot and lower limb.
- Trial name
- NCT04971915
- Testing
- minimalist footwear
- Where
- 2 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palacky University
Parkinson Disease, Healthy Aging
ParKinWalk: Physical Activity and Long Group-walking for Parkinson's Disease
The study will evaluate the impact of exercise training program followed by long-walking onon supervised and unsupervised gait assessment in Parkinson´s disease and control subjects.
- Trial name
- ParKInWalk (NCT04266782)
- Testing
- Exercise program followed by long walk in group, Exercise program followed by long walk in group (controls)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Brescia