Effect of Stimulating Plant on the Balance in Young Healthy

NCT02508766 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ID010
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 184
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the immediate effect of manual stimulation on the foot plant in static and dynamic balance in young healthy subjects. In addition, the secondary objectives of this study were: 1) to identify whether manual stimulation of the foot plant in healthy young subjects, carried out with an easily reproducible protocol with 10 minutes duration, improves static balance, measured with Unipedal Stance Test; 2) to assess whether, manual stimulation of the foot plant in healthy young subjects, carried out with an easily reproducible protocol with 10 minutes duration, improves dynamic balance test, measured with Star Excursion Balance Test.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Postural Control; Plantar Stimulation; Volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Anthropometric measurements (the measure is a composite)

  * Height (cm) * Mass (kg). Body mass index was calculated from height and mass data (kg/m2). * Bilateral leg length measures (cm). On a plinth with participant in supine, leg length was assessed using a standard tape measure. The distance between the anterior superior iliac spine and the most distal portion of the medial malleolus of the same leg was measured. Both legs were evaluated.

  1 day

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Static postural control testing: Unipedal Stance Test

  1 day

• Dynamic postural control testing: Star Excursion Balance Test.

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

Plantar stimulation

EXPERIMENTAL

The manipulation was performed with the subject in the supine position. The intervention lasted ten minutes and consisted of four stages: 5 glide pressures focused on each interdigital space, that lasted 10 seconds in duration, 5 compression-decompression of each metatarsophalangeal joint, 5 glide pressures applied for 5 seconds each, on the region of metatarsal heads, 5 static pressures applied for 10 seconds each, focused on four points of the sole.

Procedure: Plantar stimulation

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Volunteers received no intervention. They just sat there for 20 minutes before being evaluated.

Interventions

Plantar stimulation PROCEDURE

The manipulation was performed with the subject in the supine position. The intervention lasted ten minutes and consisted of four stages: 5 glide pressures focused on each interdigital space, that lasted 10 seconds in duration, 5 compression-decompression of each metatarsophalangeal joint, 5 glide pressures applied for 5 seconds each, on the region of metatarsal heads, 5 static pressures applied for 10 seconds each, focused on four points of the sole.

Plantar stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Patients were included if they were healthy university students and were able and willing to complete the protocol

You may not qualify if:

• Had a known musculoskeletal lower extremity injury (eg, postoperative conditions, musculotendinous or ligamentous problems).
• Previous history of neurological problems.
• Balance disorders (eg, vestibular or visual problems).
• Did some type of physical activity programme where balance exercises were performed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valencia: lead

Related Publications (3)

• Hatton AL, Dixon J, Rome K, Newton JL, Martin DJ. Altering gait by way of stimulation of the plantar surface of the foot: the immediate effect of wearing textured insoles in older fallers. J Foot Ankle Res. 2012 Apr 30;5:11. doi: 10.1186/1757-1146-5-11.

  PMID: 22546376 RESULT

• Hurvitz EA, Richardson JK, Werner RA, Ruhl AM, Dixon MR. Unipedal stance testing as an indicator of fall risk among older outpatients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2000 May;81(5):587-91. doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(00)90039-x.

  PMID: 10807096 RESULT

• Muir J, Judex S, Qin YX, Rubin C. Postural instability caused by extended bed rest is alleviated by brief daily exposure to low magnitude mechanical signals. Gait Posture. 2011 Mar;33(3):429-35. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.12.019. Epub 2011 Jan 26.

  PMID: 21273076 RESULT

Study Officials

• Gemma V Espí-López, PhD

  Faculty of Physiotherapy

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2015
• First Posted: July 27, 2015
• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: August 2, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-08