Effect of Constraining Joint Motions on Postural Control

Healthy Adults Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Constraining Joint Motions on Postural Control

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01703377
• Other study ID #: 201203044RIC
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 5, 2012
• Last updated: July 7, 2015
• Start date: April 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: July 2015
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Wei-Li Hsu, PhD
• Phone: 886-3366-8127
• Email: wlhsu[@]ntu.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A major advantage of understanding a neural control scheme is able to simultaneously perform multiple tasks based on the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) hypothesis by taking advantage of motor redundancy. The present study aims to investigate this hypothesis further by examining the effect of artificially eliminating knee and lumbar-thoracic joint motions on postural control when the arms performing targeting task simultaneously in standing. Subjects (Younger group: 20~35 years old; Elder group: 60~85 years old) will execute a targeting task with and without an additional ball-balancing task in standing with free joint motions and with restricted joint motions. The investigators expect to recruit 50 subjects for each group. Analyses of joint configuration variance on the stability of the center of mass (COM) position and the hand path will be performed using the UCM method of variance analysis. This method partitions joint configuration variance into one component consistent with the use of motor abundance and a component that leads to COM position or hand path variability. Furthermore, the differences between the younger group and the elder group will be evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants are healthy with no self-reported neurological deficits, musculoskeletal conditions or motion sickness that affected their ability to maintain stable upright posture.

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants are healthy with self-reported neurological deficits, musculoskeletal conditions or motion sickness that affected their ability to maintain stable upright posture.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Crossover, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Adults

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	School & Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University	Taipei City

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan,