Study and Analysis of Biomechanical Parameters of Human Movement Based on Disability Indicators in Older Adults

NCT05611723 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: CE0064C2020.05356.BDUIDB/05210/2020
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Older adults develop modifications in the execution of movement that lead to impairments in activities of daily living performance. Accordingly, there is a need for technological advances in devices that assist older adults targeting improvements in parameters of movement performance that have the highest impact on the skills of daily living. Therefore, to gather the parameters of movement impacting daily living activities, the main goal of this study is to perform a comparative analysis of the biomechanical movement parameters between older adults with and without disability, performing the tasks: gait, sit-to-stand, timed up and go, quiet standing and climb and descend stairs. This work was supported by theFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), \[grant number 2020.05356.BD\] and through R\&D Units funding \[UIDB/05210/2020\], Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal and the European Union.

Conditions

Disability

Keywords

Aged; Older Adults; Aging; Disability; Disability Evaluation; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanical analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Waveforms from full-body joint angles

  Waveforms from full-body joint angles measured in degrees (°)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from full-body angular joint velocities

  Waveform from angular joint velocities measured in degrees per second (°/s)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from lower limb joint moments

  Waveform from lower limb joint moments measured in Newton-meter (kgm²/s²)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from total body energy

  Waveform from total body energy measured in joules (J)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from full-body separate segment energy

  Waveform from body segment energy un joules (J)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from lower body joint forces

  Waveform from lower body joint forces measured in Newton (N)

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from lower body joint power

  Waveform from lower body joint power measured in Watts

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from centre of mass displacement

  Waveform from centre of mass displacement in m/s

  During tasks performance

• Waveform from centre of pressure displacement

  Waveform from centre of pressure displacement in m/s

  During tasks performance

Study Arms (2)

Healthy older Adults

Healthy older Adults: older adults without disability indicators

Disability Older Adults

Disability Older Adults: older adults with disability indicators

Other: Exposure to disability

Interventions

Exposure to disability OTHER

Disability status assessed by functional measures

Disability Older Adults

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Portuguese community-dwelling older adults

You may qualify if:

• older adults, 60 years or over;
• community-dwelling;
• able to perform the tasks (gait, sit-to-stand, climb and descend stairs) independently;

You may not qualify if:

• older adults who are institutionalized;
• older adults who have established diagnosis of malignancy or terminal diseases with an anticipated survival of less than 1 year;
• older adults who have stroke history, cerebral hemorrhage, head trauma, or Parkinson's disease;
• older adults who have cognitive impairment, specifically Mini Mental State Examination (Portuguese version) score of 22 for 0 to 2 years of literacy, 24 for 3 to 6 years of literacy and 27 for more than 6 years of literacy (Morgado et al., 2009);
• older adults who have rheumatic pathologies that interfere with the tasks performance;
• older adults who have diabetic foot, lower limb fracture less than 6 weeks, or other related conditions;
• older adults who have unstable cardiovascular disease, liver or renal function failure;
• older adults who have a body mass index greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2;
• older adults who vestibular and/or audition or vision impairments non corrected that influence the performance of tasks;
• older adults who presence of symptoms at the time of evaluation that influences the participant performance of tasks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Polytechnic Institute of Porto: lead
• Center for Rehabilitation Research - Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP): collaborator
• Universidade do Porto: collaborator
• School of Allied Health Sciences of Porto (ESTSP) - Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Center for Rehabilitation Research, School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Porto, Porto District, 4200, Portugal

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Master of Science

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2022
• First Posted: November 10, 2022
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2023
• Study Completion: November 2, 2024
• Last Updated: November 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

PT (1)