Visual Processing and Postural Reactions: Development and Pilot Testing of a "Visual Training" Program to Improve Balance Control and Prevent Falls in Older Adults
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interventional
33
1 country
1
Study Start
June 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
July 2011
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 2012
Actual (reported)The ability to maintain balance and avoid falling is highly dependent on the ability to locate objects and architectural features in the environment. This need to continually monitor the environment as one moves about in daily life suggests a critical role for visual attention, gaze control, and spatial memory, all of which are known to decline with aging. In this study, the investigators will test the efficacy of a computer-based visual-training program designed to improve the ability to rapidly extract information from the peripheral visual field. It is expected that older adults involved in the visual training intervention will improve the speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of reach-to-grasp balance-recovery reactions evoked by sudden unpredictable balance perturbation.
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February 2012
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October 24, 2007
Actual (reported)October 25, 2007
Actual (reported)June 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
July 2011
Actual (reported)February 2012
Actual (reported)ability to use peripheral vision to recover balance by grasping a handhold
within one week of starting and completing the intervention
natural gaze and balance-recovery behavior (in responding to a sudden unpredictable balance perturbation while walking in an unfamiliar environment); clinical balance measures; visual-processing measures
within one week of starting and completing the intervention
computer-based visual-training program UFOV
video-game based visual training
computerized word puzzles
two one-hour training sessions per week, for five consecutive weeks
two one-hour sessions per week, for five consecutive weeks
Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
Brian E Maki, PhD, PEng
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
Sandra M McKay, PhD
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
33 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
October 24, 2007
First Posted
October 25, 2007
Study Start
June 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
The Effect of Feldenkrais Lessons on Walking and Balance
two one-hour training sessions per week, for five consecutive weeks
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Primary Completion
July 2011
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 2012
Actual (reported)Last Updated
December 23, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-12
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