Study of Improving Gait Parameters When Using a Cane in "Light Touch" Condition in Elderly People With and Without Walking Difficulties

September 9, 2016 updated by: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
This project aims to study the effect of haptic sensory information delivered at the hand using a cane in "light touch" or "light support" condition on postural stability and spatial and temporal gait parameters of elderly subjects with and without walking difficulties

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Marseille, France, 13005
        • Recruiting
        • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

75 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • presence of gait disturbance or balance disorders defined by a geriatric assessment and / or a walking speed test

Exclusion Criteria:

  • presence of acute problems or central or peripheral neurological severe sequelae
  • occurrence of a recent fracture of the lower limbs or spinal fracture
  • cognitive disorders
  • presence of comorbidities: blindness, heart or severe respiratory failure, disabling osteoarthritis of the hands or legs, severe malnutrition, muscle atrophy, untreated orthostatic hypotension
  • patients using a cane to a mechanical support

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: elderly people with walking difficulties
subjects with proven gait disturbance and balance will be recruited from a walking speed test and a standardized geriatric assessment by a geriatrician
Other: postural task
Other: walk task
Active Comparator: elderly people without walking difficulties
subjects with no gait disturbance and balance disorders will be recruited from a walking speed test and a standardized geriatric assessment, once the subjects with gait disturbance and balance disorders have been recruited in order to make a match on the age criterion
Other: postural task
Other: walk task

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
number of use of the cane
Time Frame: 12 mois
12 mois

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2016

Study Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 9, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 9, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 14, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 14, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 9, 2016

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2014-37
  • 2014-A01381-46 (Other Identifier: ANSM)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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