The Effects of Dual Task Balance Training In Individuals With Above Knee Amputation

March 22, 2017 updated by: Senem Demirdel, Hacettepe University

Investigation of the Effects of Dual Task Balance Training In Indıvıduals With Above Knee Amputation

The people with transfemoral amputation who use mechanical prosthesis will be include to this study. All participants will be assessed and then they will be randomly assigned to two groups. both groups will receive traditional balance trainnig. Study group will also receive dual task balance training. Training will take 4 weeks, 3 days a week. After the training program, both groups will be assessed again and the results will compare.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The people who have transfemoral amputation may have poor balance and gait. Many people with lower limb loss report the need to concentration on gait. People with lower limb loss may need to use cognitive resources to monitor and control movements of the prosthetic limb. The need to concentrate on walking may be greater for those with transfemoral amputation. For examine the use of cognitive resources, dual task paradigm may use. Dual task rehabilitative training used in many patients like stroke, Multipl sclerosis osteoporosis. But there is no study about dual task training on amputation. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the effects of dual-task balance training on balance and gait of patients with transfemoral amputation as compared with single-task balance training. We hypothesized that dual-task balance training would improve the balance and gait, it would be more effective than single-task balance training.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

20

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 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

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Peoples with transfemoral amputations
  • people who use their mechanical prosthetics at least 1 year
  • People who can walk withoud aids

Exclusion Criteria:

  • People who have the other health conditions

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: study group
muscle strengthening, weight transfer, dual task balance exercises, dual task gait exercises.
Other: dual task balance training
balance exercises with cognitive and motor dual tasks
Other Names:
  • Study group will also receive dual task balance training
Active Comparator: control group
muscle strengthening, weight transfer, balance exercises, gait exercises.
Other: traditional balance training
balance exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
gait speed
Time Frame: 1 minute
10 meter walk test
1 minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
gait analysis
Time Frame: 1 minute
gait analysis with footprint method
1 minute
cognition
Time Frame: 5 minutes
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
5 minutes
depression
Time Frame: 3 minutes
Beck Depression invertory
3 minutes
balance
Time Frame: 2 minutes
one leg stance test
2 minutes
balance
Time Frame: 1 minute
four square step test
1 minute
functional mobility
Time Frame: 1 minute
timed up and go test
1 minute

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Hacettepe University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

June 16, 2017

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 15, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 15, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 22, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

March 29, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 29, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 22, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GO16/641-16

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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