Developing a Balance Assessment System

Completed

• Conditions: Assessment; Healthy People
• Interventions: Other: Star Excursion Balance Test; Device: Balance Master device

• Registration Number: NCT04389255
• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Brief Summary

To develop a balance device that will work with the inertia sensor to quantitatively assess the balance of individuals and investigate the validity and reliability of the balance data of the device.

Detailed Description

In this study, we aim to develop a balance assessment system that will measure the balance quantitatively. For this balance assessment system, a balance board will be developed that will work with inertial sensors and detect the oscillations of the individual trying to stand on balance. The validity and reliability of the balance score determined by the analysis of the oscillation data of this balance board will be investigated.

Our hypothesis is that the correlation between the balance score revealed by the newly developed evaluation system and the results of clinical and instrumental balance assessment methods will be significant. For this, one commonly used clinic and one instrumental balance assessment method will be used. Star Excursion Balance Test as a clinical balance assessment method and Balance Master device (BMc) as an instrumental balance assessment method were evaluated. Limits of Stability Test (LOS) and Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (mCTSIB) were used in the BMc.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Study Start: 2019-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-01
• Study Completion: 2019-06-27
• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-05-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 18 - 25
• No neurological or orthopedic diagnosis to affect balance
• Lack of vision and hearing defects that will affect the tests

Exclusion Criteria

• Existence of refraction problem, visual problem
• Failure to complete the specified tests
• Participant's failure to comply with the study plan

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy people	Star Excursion Balance Test	65 people will be included.
Healthy people	Balance Master device	65 people will be included.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Newly Developed Balance Assessment System	Day 7	The newly developed balance evaluation system includes an Arduino based circuit board and an inertial measurement unit consisting of a combination of 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Star Excursion Balance Test	Day 0	The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) is a dynamic test that requires strength, flexibility, and proprioception.
Balance Master device	Day 0	The Balance Master (Neurocom International, Inc Clackamas,) device is a computerized posturography device.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey