Gait Stability of People With Lower-limb Amputations

Balance Clinical Trial

Official title:

Gait Stability of People With Lower-limb Amputations

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00915109
• Other study ID #: CDHA-RS-2010-026
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 3, 2009
• Last updated: September 18, 2012
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: September 2012
• Source: Nova Scotia Health Authority
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether there are quantifiable differences in walking stability, as measured by the acceleration of the trunk or the variation in step length, between people with unilateral below-knee amputations from vascular reasons or from trauma reasons.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• be over the age of 18;

• be able to walk comfortably for a minimum of two (2) minutes;

• be willing to take part in the study, including signing the consent after carefully reading it;

• be able to read and understand English and follow verbal and visual instructions;

• are competent to give informed consent or have a proxy with power of attorney.

• have an unilateral, transtibial amputation;

• been fitted with a prosthesis for over six weeks.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Balance
• Gait

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre	Halifax	Nova Scotia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kim Parker

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada,