- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02115633
A Wearable "Balance Booster" - Stepping Closer to the Market
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Our specific aims are to:
Revise and finalize design of Walkasins® based on accomplishments, user input, as well as reviewer criticism from our Phase 1 grant and manufacture 200 units of the device for clinical testing.
Milestone 1: 200 units manufactured and ready for clinical testing under Aim 2. This goal is accomplished.
- Investigate effects of using Walkasins on clinical outcomes related to gait, balance function and associated fall risk in a population of patients with sensory peripheral neuropathy and balance problems.
Hypotheses 1A-B: Patients who are trained to use Walkasins programmed to display relevant balance cues will attain higher gait speed and Functional Gait Assessment when compared to a matched cohort not using Walkasins.
Milestone 2: Data collection to assess clinical utility and safety of the Walkasins on patients briefly trained to use the device has been completed.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients of any age diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy and who experience balance problems.
- Ability to perceive the Walkasins vibration feedback, understand and physically act on the vibration feedback.
Exclusion Criteria:
Vibration to the skin is contraindicated by physician
- Use of ankle foot orthotic that prevents attachment of Walkasins device
- Foot size smaller than Woman's 5 or larger than Men's 13
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Walkasins ON then OFF
Subjects will first wear Walkasins and receive vibrotactile feedback that reflects real changes in center of pressure sway.
Following a 1 hour rest period they will be retested with Walkasins turned off.
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Subjects will be wearing a device that works as intended and provides real-time vibrotactile feedback that reflects center of pressure sway.
Subjects will be wearing a device that is turned off.
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Experimental: Walkasins OFF then ON
Subjects will first wear Walkasins turned off and not receive any vibrotactile feedback.
Following a 1 hour rest period they will be retested with Walkasins turned on.
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Subjects will be wearing a device that works as intended and provides real-time vibrotactile feedback that reflects center of pressure sway.
Subjects will be wearing a device that is turned off.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Functional Gait Assessment (FGA)
Time Frame: During one test session < 3 hours
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The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a reliable and valid measure of gait function related to postural stability and has been shown to be effective in classifying fall risk in older adults and predicting unexplained falls in community-dwelling older adults (Wrisley, Marchetti et al. 2004; Wrisley and Kumar 2010).
It has also been validated in stroke survivors (Lin, Hsu et al. 2010) and patients with Parkinson's disease (Leddy, Crowner et al. 2011) and has less flooring and ceiling effect than the Dynamic Gait Index (Lin, Hsu et al. 2010).
The FGA includes a 10-item scale; each item is scored from 0 to 3 (3=normal, 2=mild impairment, 1=moderate impairment, 0=severe impairment).
The maximum score is 30; minimum score, 0. Higher scores represent a better outcome.
To be included in the count of participants, subjects' FGA scores needed to improve more than 4 points, which is the Minimally Clinically Important Difference (MCID) (Beninato et al. 2014).
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During one test session < 3 hours
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Four-Stage Balance Test >30s
Time Frame: The assessment requires holding each stance for 10 seconds for a total of 40 seconds to pass.
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The 4-Stage Balance Test is part of the STEADI protocol recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess fall-risk in elderly individuals.
It includes four gradually more challenging postures the subject performs; 1) Stand with feet side by side; 2) Stand with feet in semi-tandem stance; 3) Stand with feet in tandem stance; 4) Stand on one leg.
Subjects pass if they can hold the stance for 10 seconds and then move on to the next stance.
A fail during tasks 1, 2, or 3 indicates a high risk of falling, i.e., a total performance time of less than 30 seconds.
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The assessment requires holding each stance for 10 seconds for a total of 40 seconds to pass.
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10-Meter (10M) Walk Test (Measure of Gait Speed)--Number of Participants With Improvement to Normal Gait Speed
Time Frame: During one test session < 3 hours
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The 10m-walk is routinely done in rehabilitation and has excellent reliability in chronic stroke patients.
In addition, gait speed has been found to be an important predictor of survival in older adults (Hardy, Perera et al. 2006), further emphasizing its importance as a clinical outcomes measure.
Gait speed (10-meter walk, timing only the middle 6 meters to allow for acceleration and deceleration) was assessed by instructing subjects to walk at their normal speed.
A difference of 0.10m/sec is defined as the Minimally Clinical Important Difference (MCID) (Perera, Mody et al. 2006).
Lower scores (# of seconds) on this measure indicate a better outcome.
To be included in the count of participants, subjects' times on the 10M Walk Test needed to improve by more than 0.10m/sec, the MCID.
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During one test session < 3 hours
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Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC)
Time Frame: Measure was administered only at baseline during one test session <3 hours.
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Powell and Myers (1995) developed the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale to detect levels of balance confidence in elderly persons.
The ABC scale is a one-page questionnaire that asks questions about balance confidence when performing 16 different tasks.
The items are rated on a scale of 0 to 100; a score of 0 indicates no confidence and a score of 100 indicates complete confidence when performing the task.
The overall score is calculated by adding the individual items then dividing by the total number of items (16).
The higher the score, the greater the person's balance confidence; thus, higher scores indicate that subjects are more confident of their balance.
The ABC Scale was assessed only at baseline to document the level of balance confidence the subjects had before beginning the study intervention.
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Measure was administered only at baseline during one test session <3 hours.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Sara Koehler, PhD, Minneapolis VA
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Powell LE, Myers AM. The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1995 Jan;50A(1):M28-34. doi: 10.1093/gerona/50a.1.m28.
- Hardy SE, Perera S, Roumani YF, Chandler JM, Studenski SA. Improvement in usual gait speed predicts better survival in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Nov;55(11):1727-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01413.x. Epub 2007 Oct 3.
- Perera S, Mody SH, Woodman RC, Studenski SA. Meaningful change and responsiveness in common physical performance measures in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 May;54(5):743-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00701.x.
- Wrisley DM, Marchetti GF, Kuharsky DK, Whitney SL. Reliability, internal consistency, and validity of data obtained with the functional gait assessment. Phys Ther. 2004 Oct;84(10):906-18.
- Beninato M, Fernandes A, Plummer LS. Minimal clinically important difference of the functional gait assessment in older adults. Phys Ther. 2014 Nov;94(11):1594-603. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20130596. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
- Leddy AL, Crowner BE, Earhart GM. Functional gait assessment and balance evaluation system test: reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity for identifying individuals with Parkinson disease who fall. Phys Ther. 2011 Jan;91(1):102-13. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20100113. Epub 2010 Nov 11.
- Lin JH, Hsu MJ, Hsu HW, Wu HC, Hsieh CL. Psychometric comparisons of 3 functional ambulation measures for patients with stroke. Stroke. 2010 Sep;41(9):2021-5. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.589739. Epub 2010 Jul 29.
- Wrisley DM, Kumar NA. Functional gait assessment: concurrent, discriminative, and predictive validity in community-dwelling older adults. Phys Ther. 2010 May;90(5):761-73. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20090069. Epub 2010 Apr 1.
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Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- RxF-NIA-001
- 2R44AG040865-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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