Reducing Metabolic Cost of Walking by Exploiting Arm Swing to Drive Leg Swing

University of Houston0 sites30 target enrollmentOctober 1, 2018

ConditionsMetabolic Cost of Walking With Arm Swing Assistive Device

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Metabolic Cost of Walking With Arm Swing Assistive Device
Sponsor: University of Houston
Enrollment: 30
Primary Endpoint: Metabolic Cost
Last Updated: 7 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This study aims to understand and compare the metabolic and mechanical demands placed on the body while walking normally and walking with the use of an apparatus that drives leg swing through the use of the arms. This information will help the investigators identify how arm swing mechanics helps minimize energy demands and to use this knowledge to design walking rehabilitation interventions in the future.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

October 1, 2018

End Date

December 31, 2018

Last Updated

7 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Houston

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Christopher Arellano

Assistant Professor

University of Houston

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Apparently healthy and free from neurological disease and/or body related injury
•Community-dwelling young men and women 18-36 yrs
•Use and be contacted by telephone
•Speak, read, understand, and complete a questionnaire in English
•Body mass index \< 30 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

•not of the specified age range or Body Mass Index
•inadequate aerobic fitness training
•answering "no" to question #3 on Screening Form ("Is participant in good general health?")
•answering "yes" to:
•question #4 ("any difficulty with mobility?")
•question #5 ("problems with balance/dizziness?")
•question #6 ("lingering symptoms/pain from injury?")
•question #7 ("chest pain/shortness of breath?")
•question #8 ("high blood pressure/hypertension?"), or
•questions #9, 10, 11 ("first degree family history of heart attack?")

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Metabolic Cost

Time Frame: Change from walking without assistive apparatus to walking with assistive apparatus. Measures of metabolic cost are completed within a 3-hour time window during a single laboratory visit.

Change in Metabolic Cost