Balance Measures During Stance and Gait: Comparison of Gyroscopic Measurements of Trunk Sway

Recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT02509455
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

To investigate whether an extended version of Valedo®Motion (termed Sensoro for brand management purposes), has the same trunk sway measures similar normal reference values of SwayStar. Offline data analysis of data obtained from Sensoro will be compared to data obtained by SwayStar, a highly accurate and widely accepted system for measuring balance control.

Detailed Description

1. Determine a long time recording (over 60s) description of any differences in the drift and noise for the 2 systems during simultaneous recordings with the systems aligned with each other at rest.

2. Compare Sensoro trunk sway measures with those of SwayStar for a battery of 17 stance and gait tasks. The tasks to range from tasks with small velocities (standing on 2 legs eyes open, ca 0.1 deg/s or eyes closed on foam ca.10 deg/s) through tandem and gait tasks with velocities of ca 70 deg/s to the most dynamic with high velocities (rising from a chair, ca 150 deg/sec).

3. Estimate the additional value of adding trunk sway values for the yaw axis as an outcome measure of balance control.

4. Estimate the advantage of adding one or two sensors on the legs to help identify gait balance events and body posture.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2015-07-28
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-16
• Primary Completion: 2025-08
• Study Completion: 2025-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• self reported lack of balance problems (checked by the ability to stand on 1 leg, eyes closed, for at least 14 secs).

Exclusion Criteria

• orthopaedic problems
• presence of diseases which cause balance problems.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Trunk sway angular velocity and displacement stance and gait tasks.	1 year	Is trunk sway angular velocity and displacement measured with SwayStar different when measured with Sensoro for a battery of stance and gait tasks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lab for Exp Otoneurology, University Hospital Basel; 🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland