Immediate Effects of Two Different Lower Limb Sensory Stimulation Strategies on Balance and Mobility in Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Mobility test
研究概览
简要总结
Falls are a major public health problem worldwide. As a result of changes in sensory system capacity with aging, postural control decreases and the risk of falling increases. Various lower-limb sensory stimulation strategies are applied to compensate for these changes in sensory system capacity. It has been determined that these practices can have positive effects on postural control. Among these stimulation strategies, compression stockings and textured insoles are frequently preferred because of their cost-effectiveness and ease of application. For these purpose, this study aims to examine the immediate effects of wearing textured insoles and compression stockings on balance and mobility in older adults. Thus, we will sight to discern whether interventions of the textured insoles and compression materials improve sensory afferent feedback in the foot.
详细描述
Within-subject experimental design with all participants tests under each of four randomly organized conditions: (i) Compression socks with textured insoles, (ii) Compression socks with smooth insoles, (iii) Smooth socks with textured insoles, (iv) Smooth socks with smooth insoles. With each condition, the participants are given a 5-minute warm-up period to get used to the insoles and stocking conditions, and then the testing process consisting of balance, mobility and foot sensation assessments is started. All data are collected randomly in a single testing session by the same researcher blind to the conditions.Before all data collection, each participant has a practice of test process to ensure familiarity with the devices and the procedures. A rest period of 10 minutes are given between applications.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Community-dwelling older adults over the 65 years old with ability to stand independently without using any assistive devices
- •No history of falls in the last 12 months
- •Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score > 24 (normal)
- •Berg Balance Test score > 40
排除标准
- •Self-reported neurological, vestibular or neuromuscular diseases
- •Current history of peripheral neuropathy
- •Presence of severe visual impairment (such as cataracts or glaucoma)
结局指标
主要结局
Mobility test
时间窗: in an average of one and half hour
Mobility will be assessed by selecting Time Up and Go and Walk parameters in the BTS G-Walk wearable motion analysis system. Time Up and Go test determines functional mobility, and fall risk. Walk test evaluates quantitative analysis for the performance of walking. It will be measured with each condition, 4 times in total.
Balance test
时间窗: in an average of one and half hour
Balance will be assessed using the Biodex-BioSway™ Portable Balance System, in different visual situations and support surfaces during bilateral standing. It will be measured with each condition, 4 times in total.
Foot sensation test
时间窗: in an average of one and half hour
Foot plantar sense will be assessed with Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test. The foot sensation test will be performed (barefoot) immediately after each condition to determine the effect of the condition. 4 times in total.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sevim Beyza Ölmez
Principal Investigator
Gazi University