A Study of Visual Attention Training to Improve Balance and Mobility

Accidental Falls Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Study of Visual Attention Training to Improve Balance and Mobility

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02030743
• Other study ID #: 19456
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2014
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: University of Waterloo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if training visual attention improves balance and mobility, and reduces falls in older adults.

Description:

Visual training in visual attention is compared with activity as usual.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 70 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy older adults

• Visual acuity 6/12 or better

• able to speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

• No known dementia or cognitive impairment

• not dependent on a walker or cane

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidental Falls

Intervention

Other:
• Visual training
6 training sessions with computerised visual attention paradigm

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	University of Waterloo	Waterloo	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Waterloo	King Saud University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	One Legged Stance Test	The duration participant is able to maintain their balance on one leg up to 30 seconds is recorded	after 4 weeks
Other	Sit to Stand test	Participant is timed for 5 sit to stands	after 4 weeks
Other	Timed Up and Go test	the TUG alone and the TUG with a cognitive task (TUGco)	after 4 weeks
Other	5 Metre Walking test	Time taken to walk 5m in a straight line with no obstacles.	after 4 weeks
Primary	Balance on force plate platform	Standard deviation of the medial lateral (ML) and anterior posterior (AP) center of pressure, ML and AP CoP maximum sway, ML and AP CoP range in each direction (range = maximum excursion - minimum excursion) and the cumulative path length in cms	after 4 weeks
Secondary	Mini-BESTest (Balance evaluation)	14 short balance tests divided under four domains of balance control; 1) anticipatory body control, 2) reactive postural control, 3) sensory orientation and 4) balance during dynamic gait	after 4 weeks