Clinical trials: Walking
Walking Cast Right Leg Immobilisation Effects, Aircast Right Leg Immobilisation Effects
The Effects of Lower Right Limb Orthopedic Immobilization on Driving Performance
Abstract Background: Effects of orthopedic immobilizations of the lower right limb on driving performances are unknown. Therefore, clinicians and legislators cannot put forth recommendations for road safety for patients requiring…
- Trial name
- NCT00950729
- Testing
- Driving with running shoes, Plaster cast, Driving with Aircast
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Physical Activity, Behavior
A Walking Intervention Through Text Messaging
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate adaptive goal setting and feedback interventions (Adaptive Interventions) to promote physical activity behaviors and compare it to static physical activity interventions…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Behavior, Overweight, Motor Activity
- Trial name
- WalkIT (NCT02053259)
- Testing
- Adaptive Goals, Reinforcement, Static Goals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Mobility Limitation
Live Long Walk Strong (LLWS) Rehabilitation Program: What Features Improve Mobility Skills
This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the Live Long Walk Strong rehabilitation program in Veterans 50 years and older. This study will examine the features of the program that contribute to improved gait speed.
- Trial name
- LLWS (NCT04026503)
- Testing
- Live Long Walk Strong rehabilitation program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aging
Spinal Excitation to Enhance Mobility
Older adults with compromised walking ability have higher rates of morbidity and mortality, more hospitalizations, poorer quality of life, and are less likely to remain independent in the community.
- Trial name
- NCT03667573
- Testing
- tsDCS Dosage (A), tsDCS Dosage (B), textured shoe insoles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Health Behavior
Walking to School Supports
This pilot study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an enhanced individual-level intervention delivered to 4th-6th graders to increase rates of walking to/from school.
- Trial name
- NCT04089020
- Testing
- Support for walking to school
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Osteoarthritis
Walking Aids in the Management of Hip Osteoarthritis
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the use of a nonpharmacologic intervention (single point cane) is effective in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT00506714
- Testing
- single point cane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arthritis Foundation
Grief, Traumatic Stress
Walk With Me for Perinatal Grief
This research will contribute to therapeutic technology to support bereaved parents who have experienced a perinatal loss. The proposed mobile application would accomplish this objective by providing a series of therapeutic…
- Conditions
- Grief, Traumatic Stress, Usability
- Trial name
- PeriGrief (NCT05318287)
- Testing
- Walk with Me
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Mobility Limitation, Motor Activity
Cognitive Remediation to Improve Mobility in Sedentary Seniors
The investigators propose to conduct a single-blind randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a computerized cognitive remediation intervention program on improving locomotion in sedentary seniors, a group at an…
- Conditions
- Mobility Limitation, Motor Activity, Difficulty Walking, Cognitive Ability General
- Trial name
- CREM (NCT02567227)
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation, Active Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 383 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Healthy Young Adults
An Evaluation of the Energy Expenditure From Wii Fit Games
The purpose of this study is to provide energy expenditure data on Wii Fit / Wii Fit Plus games as compared with resting and treadmill walking/running.
- Trial name
- NCT01561716
- Testing
- Wii Fit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Physical Activity
Caminamos: A Smartphone App to Connect With Walking Partners
Despite numerous interventions designed to increase physical activity, few are specifically tailored to Latinas, a population where higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are present.
- Trial name
- NCT03059901
- Testing
- Caminamos App
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Physical Activity, Weight
Physical Activity and Leisure-time Study (PALS)
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem and a primary contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. While most Americans do not meet the physical activity (PA) guidelines (30 min/day, 5 day/wk), they do report…
- Trial name
- PALS (NCT01342471)
- Testing
- TV commercial stepping, 30-min walk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Pulmonary Hypertension
Evaluation of a New 6 Minute Walk Test Smartphone App in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Comparison of standard 6 minute walk test with 6 minute walk test smartphone app.
- Trial name
- 6-APP (NCT04633538)
- Testing
- 6MWT smartphone app
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Physical Disability
On the Move: Optimizing Participation in Group Exercise
Community-dwelling older adults fear loss of independence and nursing home placement more than death. Walking difficulty often leads to loss of independence.
- Trial name
- OTM-PCORI (NCT01986647)
- Testing
- On the Move exercise - exercise leader, Standard program - exercise leader, On the Move exercise - staff activity personnel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 424 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Dietary Habits
Tanglewood Trail Walking Program in Rural Kentucky 2020
The Tanglewood Trail Walking Program is a well established community health initiative that encourages community members to walk approximately 1 mile to the Whitesburg Farmers Market each Saturday.
- Trial name
- NCT05002985
- Testing
- walking group led by a community organizer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dawn Brewer
Arthritis, Gout
Phone-Based Based Walk With Ease Program for Adults With Arthritis
The objective of this study is to examine the short-term (6-weeks and 6 months) and long-term (1 year) effects of a phone-based version of Walk With Ease intervention.
- Conditions
- Arthritis, Gout, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT05289544
- Testing
- Phone-Based Walk With Ease
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 267 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Urinary System Disorder
B3 Buddy for Securing Urinary Drainage Bag to Patient While Walking
This clinical trial tests how well the Bag Below Bladder (B3) Buddy device works in securing urinary drainage bags while walking.
- Trial name
- NCT06571058
- Testing
- Assistance, Educational Intervention, Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Stroke, Healthy Adult
Tracking Post-stroke Walking Improvements From the Clinic Into the Home
The purpose of this proposal is to use novel video-based movement tracking technology to measure gait quality after stroke - in the home.
- Trial name
- NCT05454007
- Testing
- Step length asymmetry training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University of Health Sciences
Type 2 Diabetes
Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Behavioral Change Intervention for People With Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes Distress
The purpose of this study is to use a Personalized Trial (N-of-1) design to test the effect of an intervention that pairs continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with text message-delivered behavior change interventions for physical…
- Trial name
- NCT05941000
- Testing
- Self-Monitoring of Behavior for Physical Activity, Action Planning for Physical Activity, Self-Monitoring of Behavior for Mood
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Diseases
Substituting Sitting With Standing and Walking in Free-living Conditions Improves Daily Glucose Profile in South Asians
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of substituting sitting under free-living conditions in South Asian adults with overweight and obesity on continuous glucose profiles.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT04645875
- Testing
- SIT regimen, SITless regimen
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bedfordshire
Ambulation Difficulty, Gait, Unsteady
The Sensorimotor Locus of Balance Control in Elderly Gait
The aging population is at an exceptionally high risk of debilitating falls, contributing significantly to reduced independence and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Ambulation Difficulty, Gait, Unsteady, Fall, Position Sense Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03341728
- Testing
- Optical flow perturbations, Normal walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill