Do different shoe designs affect balance performance in a sample of healthy older adults
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058506
- Lead Sponsor
- eha Dhanokar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1.Older Adults above 60 years of age
2.Owns at least one pair of Flipflops/Sandals/Slip-ons/Standard Shoes for a minimum of 2 months and also is used to walking barefoot.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Using any lower extremity brace or orthosis.
2.Clinical manifestations of Musculoskeletal/Cardio-Respiratory pathology interfering with balance testing.
3.Subjects with neurological disorder affecting balance such as stroke, movement disorders, etc.
4.Footwear with heel height more than 4.5cm19 and extensively worn-out footwear.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.REACTION TIME <br/ ><br>2.MAXIMUM EXCURSION <br/ ><br>3.DIRECTIONAL CONTROL <br/ ><br>Timepoint: One Time Assessment ( Cross-sectional Study )
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: N/A