Effects of age on balance control: balancing on a narrow ridge
- Conditions
- effects of age on balance controlage
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31083
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 66
Inclusion Criteria
between 20 and 80 years old
Exclusion Criteria
addiction to drugs or alcohol
serious visual problems (visual problems that can not be corrected to normal by the use of glasses)
neurological problems or other diseases that interfere with equilibrium
use of antipsychotic, sedative or antidepressant drugs (except amitriptyline)
otitis media
cerebral vascular accident
pregnancy
amblyacousia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main outcome measures for the balance tasks are CoP and CoM displacement,<br /><br>as well as time in balance and ridge width. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>