Study of Improving Gait Parameters When Using a Cane in "Light Touch" Condition in Elderly People With and Without Walking Difficulties
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 24
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- number of use of the cane
Study Overview
Brief Summary
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 75 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
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
Intervention: walk task (Other)
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
Intervention: postural task (Other)
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
Intervention: postural task (Other)
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
Intervention: walk task (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
number of use of the cane
Time Frame: 12 mois
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported