Study and Analysis of Biomechanical Parameters of Human Movement Based on Disability Indicators in Older Adults (MOBA)

Study and Analysis of Biomechanical Parameters of Human Movement Based on Disability Indicators in Older Adults Based on a Multifactorial Analysis: a Cross-sectional Study

Older adults develop modifications in the execution of movement that lead to impairments in activities of daily living performance. Accordingly, there is a need for technological advances in devices that assist older adults targeting improvements in parameters of movement performance that have the highest impact on the skills of daily living. Therefore, to gather the parameters of movement impacting daily living activities, the main goal of this study is to perform a comparative analysis of the biomechanical movement parameters between older adults with and without disability, performing the tasks: gait, sit-to-stand, timed up and go, quiet standing and climb and descend stairs.

This work was supported by theFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), [grant number 2020.05356.BD] and through R&D Units funding [UIDB/05210/2020], Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal and the European Union.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Disability
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Exposure to disability

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Juliana S Moreira, Msc; Phone Number: +351 222 061 000; Email: jmo@ess.ipp.pt

Study Locations

• Portugal
  • Porto, Portugal, 4200
    • Recruiting
    • Center for Rehabilitation Research, School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
    • Contact: Juliana Moreira, Msc; Phone Number: +351 222 061 000; Email: jmo@ess.ipp.pt

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 58 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Portuguese community-dwelling older adults

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• older adults, 60 years or over;
• community-dwelling;
• able to perform the tasks (gait, sit-to-stand, climb and descend stairs) independently;

Exclusion Criteria:

• older adults who are institutionalized;
• older adults who have established diagnosis of malignancy or terminal diseases with an anticipated survival of less than 1 year;
• older adults who have stroke history, cerebral hemorrhage, head trauma, or Parkinson's disease;
• older adults who have cognitive impairment, specifically Mini Mental State Examination (Portuguese version) score of 22 for 0 to 2 years of literacy, 24 for 3 to 6 years of literacy and 27 for more than 6 years of literacy (Morgado et al., 2009);
• older adults who have rheumatic pathologies that interfere with the tasks performance;
• older adults who have diabetic foot, lower limb fracture less than 6 weeks, or other related conditions;
• older adults who have unstable cardiovascular disease, liver or renal function failure;
• older adults who have a body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2;
• older adults who vestibular and/or audition or vision impairments non corrected that influence the performance of tasks;
• older adults who presence of symptoms at the time of evaluation that influences the participant performance of tasks.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Healthy older Adults; Healthy older Adults: older adults without disability indicators
Disability Older Adults; Disability Older Adults: older adults with disability indicators	Other: Exposure to disability; Disability status assessed by functional measures

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Waveforms from full-body joint angles	Waveforms from full-body joint angles measured in degrees (°)	During tasks performance
Waveform from full-body angular joint velocities	Waveform from angular joint velocities measured in degrees per second (°/s)	During tasks performance
Waveform from lower limb joint moments	Waveform from lower limb joint moments measured in Newton-meter (kgm²/s²)	During tasks performance
Waveform from total body energy	Waveform from total body energy measured in joules (J)	During tasks performance
Waveform from full-body separate segment energy	Waveform from body segment energy un joules (J)	During tasks performance
Waveform from lower body joint forces	Waveform from lower body joint forces measured in Newton (N)	During tasks performance
Waveform from lower body joint power	Waveform from lower body joint power measured in Watts	During tasks performance
Waveform from centre of mass displacement	Waveform from centre of mass displacement in m/s	During tasks performance
Waveform from centre of pressure displacement	Waveform from centre of pressure displacement in m/s	During tasks performance

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Polytechnic Institute of Porto
• Collaborators: Universidade do Porto; School of Allied Health Sciences of Porto (ESTSP) - Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP); Center for Rehabilitation Research - Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 3, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): November 10, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 15, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 14, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Older Adults; Aging; Disability Evaluation; Disability; Aged; Kinematics; Kinetics; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanical analysis
• Other Study ID Numbers: CE0064C; 2020.05356.BD (Other Grant/Funding Number: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, NORTE 2020, FSE EU); UIDB/05210/2020 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal and the European Union (EU))

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No