The Effect of Different Support Surfaces on Balance in Healthy Individuals

NCT04173702 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: GO 19/86
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate how age, visual sensation and different ground properties affect of postural sways and stability limits at different support surface widths. 60 individuals will be included in this study.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Balance; Stance width; Postural sway; Limits of stability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Postural Sway

  Postural sways were used to evaluate dynamic balance. Postural sway, in terms of human sense of balance, refers to horizontal movement around the center of gravity. Postural sway was assessed during quite standing with open/closed eyes on a hard/soft floor with the Bertec Balance System on 4 different support surfaces: adjacent feet, width of the bitrochanteric diameter, increased by 50% width of the bitrochanteric diameter and reduced by 50% of the width of the bitrochanteric diameter randomly.

  1 week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The Limits of Stability

  1 week

Study Arms (1)

Healthy Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Postural sway and stability limits in assessment of healthy individuals

Diagnostic Test: balance analysis

Interventions

balance analysis DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Computerized balance analysis system will use to evaluate postural sway and limits of stability at four different support surfaces.

Healthy Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy individuals aged between 18-50
• Without any diagnosed disease
• Individuals who voluntarily agree to participate in this research

You may not qualify if:

• The presence of previous lower extremity surgery
• Pain during evaluation
• Foot ankle instability
• Important and irreversible visual deficits
• Body mass index (BMI) greater than\> 40 kg / m²
• Limitation of ankle, knee and hip joint in lower extremity
• Muscle strength of the lower extremity (dorsiflexors, plantar flexors, quadriceps, hamstring, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius) and the trunk (rectus abdominous, internal and external oblique abdominals, back extensor) below 5.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital: lead
• Hacettepe University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Altindag, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Goodworth AD, Mellodge P, Peterka RJ. Stance width changes how sensory feedback is used for multisegmental balance control. J Neurophysiol. 2014 Aug 1;112(3):525-42. doi: 10.1152/jn.00490.2013. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

  PMID: 24760788 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Melek M. ERDEM

  Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Semra TOPUZ, Assoc. Prof.

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Ozden OZKAL, PT, PhD

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Ali I. Yalcin, PT, M.Sc.

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Clinical trials with a single arm

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 6, 2019
• First Posted: November 22, 2019
• Study Start: January 17, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2023
• Study Completion: October 16, 2023
• Last Updated: December 5, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, CSR
• Time Frame: Data will be available within 6 months with completion of the result report.
• Access Criteria: Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement.

Locations

TU (1)