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Filter by:Falling is a major trauma that can occur with aging, leading to very significant psychological and physical health effects with financial and societal consequences. It is therefore essential to explore therapeutic treatments that can reduce this risk. Some recognized effective treatments exist, concerning in particular the re-education of the muscles of the lower limbs. However, to our knowledge, none of them focus on the cervical spine although the latter is located at an essential physiological crossroads. Manual therapy, which has already demonstrated its impact on pain and balance parameters in the elderly, could be a painless and non-invasive tool of choice in addressing this problem.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro conduct a single-arm intervention trial to investigate the efficacy of a music-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults. Up to forty participants will be recruited to participate in a music-based light-to-moderate intensity group exercise program for 20 weeks (30 - 40 min/day, up to 6 days/week), which is designed for older adults with or without functional limitations to exercise with chairs for the improvement of aerobic capacity, upper and lower body strength, and balance control at a gradually increasing pace. During the exercise sessions, participants will be trained to move in time with music playlists in synchronous tempos. Primary outcomes are cognitive performance, mobility, and health-related quality of life measured before and after the intervention. Secondary outcomes are adherence to the exercise program as a potential mediator of the treatment.
Yoga is a popular exercise and thought to be beneficial to many aspects such as mood, flexibility and balance, etc. Gait performance is a indicator of overall health and functional status. This study aims to investigate whether or not yoga instructors have a more symmetric gait pattern and better balance ability than healthy people without experience of performing Yoga. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) will be used to gather data related to gait symmetry and single leg stance balance. A comparison by four performance indexes related to gait symmetry and balance will be made to quantify the potential advantages of yoga practice.
1. Establish data sets. The private data set includes relevant parameters including video of the subject's gait and standard methods for kinematic analysis; 2. Develop new models. Based on public and private data sets, the kinematic analysis model of human key point detection is further developed. 3. Test the new model. By comparing the parameters with the standard method, the accuracy of the model was verified, and the kinematics analysis model of artificial intelligence with accuracy above 98% was obtained
The investigators balance and balance related problems and exercise programs should be handled multi-dimensionally. In this study, the investigators' aim is to investigate the effect of dual task-oriented education with stroboscopic glasses on balance, functional mobility and general walking parameters in children with hearing impairment, despite conventional balance exercises. The study will be started when the consent form which prepared in accordance with the ethical committee conditions, explained and approved to all participants and their families. Participants aged 7-12 years, who have not undergone cochlear implant surgery, who can walk independently, have a hearing threshold of 75 decibels (dB) and above, and are diagnosed with congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing impairment will be included in the study. Hearing impaired children who have physical, visual impairment, lack of cooperation for the application and have any neurological problems (other than sensorineural hearing loss) or orthopedic problems that may affect their balance will not be included. Children who meet the inclusion criteria will be divided into three groups by block randomization method; as control (Group 1), conventional exercise balance (Group 2), dual task-oriented stroboscopic visual training group (Group 3) and a healthy control group (Group 4) without any disability will form the fourth group. Only assessments and scales will be applied to the participants in Group 1 and Group 4 at the beginning of the study and at the end of 12 weeks. Group 2 and Group 3 will be included in the exercise program twice a week for 40 minutes for 12 weeks. Conventional balance exercises are planned to be done in groups, and other trainings are planned with one-on-one therapist. Before starting exercise training, demographic characteristics such as dB values (specified in the health reports of), age (years), height (cm), body weight (kg) of the children included in the study will be recorded. At the beginning of the exercise training and at the end of the 12-week training; balance, functional mobility and gait, fall history and fear of falling, quality of life, hand-eye coordination will be evaluated. This study is important in terms of being an example for researches to be carried out for the hearing impaired or other disability groups and contributing to the exercise programs of the trainers working in this field.
This study aimed to analyze spatio-temporal characteristics of gait, physical activity level and changes in quality of life in patients by measuring conditions before bariatric surgery and third-month after the surgery.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the 12-week Ballroom Basics for Balance (BB4B). 20 older adults in the Madison, Wisconsin area who self-select into the Ballroom Basics for Balance Program will be on study for the 12 week intervention plus pre- and post-intervention tests within 10 days for program start and completion.
The investigators aim to use a repeated measures observational study utilising a battery of multimodal assessment tools (e.g., 3D motion capture, wearable technology) in order to validate the DANU Sports Socks. The investigators aim to recruit 40 recreational runners (male and female) from the North East of England. The multimodal battery assessment used in this study will compare metrics between gold-standard traditional assessment methods and more novel wearable technology methods. Following assessment of the validity and reliability of the DANU Sports Socks, the investigators will use the multi-modal sensor to quantify changes in running gait that may occur with injury, fatigue or performance level will permit quantification of running demands in a runner's natural environment, thereby providing insight into injury mechanisms and objective explanations for performance outcomes.
The symptoms of knee osteoarthritis include knee joint pain, impaired proprioception, and etc. Knee arthroplasty is commonly recommended for the patient with severe knee osteoarthritis to relieve pain and regain function. But the effects of arthroplasty on the proprioception and gait performance, which were related to the risk of falling, were not fully understood. Recently, the concept of enhancing the rotational movement has been introduced into the design of the knee joint prosthesis for mimicking the kinematic performance of the healthy knee. However, study on the functional performance after using these rotational designed arthroplasties was still scarce. So, the purpose of this study aims to evaluate the differences in the proprioception, balance function and gait performance among different designs of the knee arthroplasties with mobile bearing (MB), medial congruent (MC) and posterior stabilized (PS) design. This study is divided into the retrospective and prospective parts. Investigators will enroll the patients who already replaced their knee joint by one of the above knee arthroplasties for the retrospective part; other patients who plans to receive one of the above knee arthroplasties, twenty participants for each design and each part. The assessment of proprioception, balance function and gait performance will be performed before the knee arthroplasty, and followed at the post-surgery time points of six weeks and three months. The one-way ANOVA will be used to compare the group differences in the retrospective part, and the two-way mixed model ANOVA for the prospective part. Ultimately, the results of this study could help to have better knowledge of the treatment effects from the different designed knee arthroplasties.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of lower extremity strengthening exercises versus trunk strengthening exercises on balance, walking, fall risk and quality of life in elderly individuals. In our study, the participants will be divided into 3 groups consisting of trunk strengthening exercises, lower extremity strengthening exercises and control groups.Body strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening exercises group will be included in the exercise program for a total of 40 minutes each session, 3 sessions a week, for a total of 8 weeks. The exercises will be shown and applied by the research physiotherapist in groups of 2-3 to the participants of both groups. No exercise program will be applied to the control group, and appropriate exercise training will be given after the final evaluation.