Clinical trials: Walking
Heart Failure
PRospective Evaluation of Electrocardiographic Voltage Changes and Six Minute Walk Test for Predicting Readmissions in Heart Failure (PREEMT-HF Study)
Purpose of the study: To identify whether Electrocardiographic QRS voltage changes (between admission and pre-discharge) and pre discharge 6- minute walk test in patients admitted with acute heart failure can identify patients at…
- Trial name
- PREEMT-HF (NCT01675544)
- Testing
- Electrocardiogram, Six minute walk test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
Traumatic Amputation of Lower Extremity
Effects of Wearing a Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis on Amputee Walking
Amputees wearing a conventional prosthesis require 20-30% more metabolic energy to walk at the same speeds as non-amputees and this discrepancy is more apparent at faster walking speeds.
- Trial name
- NCT00869947
- Testing
- Powered ankle-foot prosthesis, No device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Stroke, Cerebral Vascular Disorders
Discrete Versus Rhythmic Gait Training
The objective of this study is to compare the effects of novel versus standard locomotor training using a robotic gait orthosis (LT-RGO) after stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT02650440
- Testing
- Novel Protocol, Standard Protocol
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Thais Amanda Rodrigues
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Muscle Property, Alignment and Joint Loading in People With Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common chronic painful musculoskeletal condition among older adults. It poses great challenge to the health care system due to its inability to be cured.
- Trial name
- NCT03628508
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hypoxemia, Anoxia
Reproducibility of 6 Minute Walk Tests for Oxygen Desaturation
This trial will test the hypothesis that the 6 minute walk test (6MWT) is not reproducible as a measure for oxygen desaturation.
- Conditions
- Hypoxemia, Anoxia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- 6MWT (NCT00740220)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscle Vibration in MS to Improve Walking
The primary goal of this pilot study is to explore the feasibility of cyclic vibration (CV) of the lower extremity muscles to improve walking in individuals with gait deficits from multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Trial name
- NCT03403413
- Testing
- muscle vibration during walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pain, Postoperative
Intraoperative Methadone Administration for Improved Pain Control in Spinal Fusion Patients
Methadone has several advantages over standard narcotic medications, especially when considering use after a typically painful surgery such as lumbar fusion.
- Trial name
- MAPS (NCT02989597)
- Testing
- Methadone Hydrochloride, Standard pain regimen, Spinal Fusion Surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Tolerability and Efficacy of Ibuprofen 800 mg in a Walking Model of Osteoarthritis Pain (0000-057)
The purpose of the study is to see if generic ibuprofen has an effect on osteoarthritis knee pain during a series of timed walks on a treadmill.
- Trial name
- NCT00565084
- Testing
- ibuprofen
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Spinal Cord Injury
Restoring Walking With a Powered Exoskeleton After Spinal Cord Injury
Powered exoskeletons have emerged recently, promising to offer walking to individuals with severe spinal cord injury who are unable to walk.
- Trial name
- NCT02322125
- Testing
- ReWalk
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Stroke
Characteristics of Balance Control to Unexpected Loss of Balance During Standing and Walking in Post-stroke Individuals
aim: To examine the effect of a perturbation-based balance training on balance reaction characteristics in post stroke individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT02619175
- Testing
- Stroke Subjects Perturbation-Based Balance Training, Stroke Subjects Weight Shifting and Gait training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nachum Soroker, MD
Parkinson's Disease
Impact of Walking Practice on Persons With PD
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of a specifically designed leg brace on walking endurance in individuals with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02113189
- Testing
- Walking program with ankle brace, Individualized walking program, Walking program with custom braces.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury
Neuromodulation Techniques After SCI
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to several health-related consequences often linked to reduced levels of physical activity. Direct stimulation of the spinal cord, either through implanted devices or surface stimulation, has been…
- Trial name
- NCT04241250
- Testing
- EAW+SCES (exoskelton and spinal cord epidural stimulation), EAW+TS (exoskelton and transspinal stimulation)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Knee Osteoarthritis
Combined Application of Electrical Stimulated Antagonist Contraction During Walking (Walking Study)
Osteoarthritis of the knee (KOA) is the most common cause of disability in older adults. Osteoarthritis involves a loss of cartilage, which acts like a cushion between the bones as well as changes in the bones of joints.
- Trial name
- NCT02730598
- Testing
- Hybrid Training System (HTS), Sensory TENS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
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.
Walking Impairment, Multiple Sclerosis
Safety and Efficacy of ADS-5102 in Multiple Sclerosis Patients With Walking Impairment
This study assessed the efficacy and safety of ADS-5102 (at daily doses of 137 mg or 274 mg) compared with placebo in MS patients with walking impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT03436199
- Testing
- ADS-5102, 137 mg, ADS-5102, 274 mg
- Where
- 84 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 558 people
- Sponsor
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sedentary Lifestyle, Self Efficacy
Planning the Next Steps: Using an Implementation Intention Approach to Increase Daily Walking
The study goal is to design an intervention utilizing implementation intentions to help participants prospectively plan and visualize ways to increase activity for the next day among working adults who do not currently exercise…
- Conditions
- Sedentary Lifestyle, Self Efficacy, Control Locus
- Trial name
- NCT03124563
- Testing
- Control Group, Implementation Intention Condition
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brandeis University
Acute Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic
Measuring Ambulation, Motor, and Behavioral Outcomes With Post-Stroke Fluoxetine in Tanzania
This is a phase II, randomized study of 120 adults age 18 or above who will prescribed 20mg daily Fluoxetine for 90 days following acute, ischemic stroke.
- Trial name
- MAMBO (NCT03728153)
- Testing
- Fluoxetine 20 MG Oral Tablet
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Mental Health Issue, Hiv
Walk-in Therapy in Low Barrier Primary Care
The goals of the current research are to adapt an effective walk-in psychotherapy clinic intervention for the context of low-barrier primary care; and conduct a pilot implementation study in a low-barrier primary care clinic…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Hiv, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT06552325
- Testing
- Single Session Narrative Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Evaluation of a Portable Oxygen Concentrator During Ambulation for Patients Who Require Supplemental Oxygen (POC-LEAN)
Prospective randomized study with a cross-over design. Mobi™ is a relatively new POC in the market and thus it is valuable to collect data from COPD patients using supplemental oxygen, and their use on Mobi™.
- Trial name
- NCT04107493
- Testing
- Portable Oxygen Cylinder, Mobi
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- ResMed
Healthy, Obesity
Break It Up: A Study Evaluating Breaking Up Daily Sedentary Behavior in Youth
Background: Some studies have found that people can better process sugars when they take walking breaks. Studies have also found that children's attention and memory may improve after exercise.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03223649
- Testing
- Walking Bouts, Sedentary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)