Clinical trials: Balance; Distorted
Distorted; Balance, Sensation Disorders
A Wearable "Balance Booster" - Stepping Closer to the Market
The overall goal of this project is to continue development and commercialization of a Wearable Sensory Prosthesis termed Walkasins.
- Conditions
- Distorted; Balance, Sensation Disorders, Peripheral Neuropathy, Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT02115633
- Testing
- Walkasins ON, Walkasins OFF
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- RxFunction Inc.
Balance; Distorted
Impact of the Use of a Weighted Jacket on the Balance of Patients With a Balance Disorder.
The aim of the study is to test whether wearing a weighted jacket can help improve the balance distortion of patients with neurologic pathologies.
- Trial name
- NCT03307265
- Testing
- Personalized weighted jacket, Control jacket
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Bernard Dachy
Balance; Distorted
Influence of an Exercise Program in the Elderly Balance
This study has the objective to determinate the effectiveness of a specific exercise program on balance and functional capacity of the daily activities of institutionalized elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT03521752
- Testing
- Specific Exercise Program
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, Politécnico e Universitário
Plantar Sensation, Balance; Distorted
Plantar Sensation, Balance, Risk of Falling and Gait in Patients With Schizophrenia
Cerebellar vermis anomalies are present in schizophrenic individuals. This condition leads to postural balance problems. Foot and ankle complex have a special role for maintaining balance.
- Conditions
- Plantar Sensation, Balance; Distorted, Fall, Gait Disorders, Neurologic
- Trial name
- NCT03476408
- Testing
- Correlation / Observational
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Balance; Distorted, Fall
Improving Balance Through Balance Exercise
Today most fracture prevention measures targets the bone and osteoporosis. However, only about 20% of individuals with fractures have osteoporosis and at least 90% of all fractures are caused by a fall.
- Trial name
- NCT03227666
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Region Västerbotten
Distorted; Balance
Wii Fit Balance Training Compared to Traditional Balance Training in Patients With SCI/TBI/CVA
Our hypothesis is the investigators will find a significant advantage for the use of a virtual reality system like the Wii Fit to improve overall balance scores versus the use of traditional balance activities alone.
- Trial name
- NCT01438671
- Testing
- Nintendo Wii Fit, Traditional balance training
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Accidental Falls, Distorted Balance
Effect of the Otago Programme Delivered as Home Exercise or Group Exercise
The study aims to assess the effect on functional balance of Otago exercise performed as home exercise versus group exercise. The investigators hypothesize that Otago exercise is more effective performed as group exercise than…
- Trial name
- FALLFOR (NCT01313481)
- Testing
- Group exercise, Home exercise
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lower Extremity Weakness Distal, Distorted; Balance
Assessment and Referral Versus Exercise in Primary Prevention of Falls: PA Healthy Steps Program
Older adults at high risk of falls will complete the PA Healthy Steps program. This program will be implemented by research staff who will follow the training manual and implement the program as it was designed to assess the…
- Trial name
- NCT01552551
- Testing
- Assessment and education, Healthy Steps with Falls Case Management, Healthy Steps in Motion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Distorted; Balance, Motor Deficit
Virtual Reality-Based Exercise in Cancer Patients
The aim of the present study is to evaluate an innovative virtual reality-based balance training intervention for improving clinically relevant motor performances (balance and gait) in cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02165163
- Testing
- Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Distorted; Balance
Efficacy of Education With Balance Exercise in Improving Balance and Reducing the Fear of Falls in Elderly
The aim of the study was to evaluate the Efficacy of Education With Balance Exercise in Reducing Fear of Falls in Elderly Population .
- Trial name
- NCT02333994
- Testing
- GROUP A education programme as well as balance training exercises, GROUP B on-platform training
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)
Distorted; Balance
Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance in the Elderly Population
The goal of this pilot study is to test whether in the elderly population there are acute long-term improvements in both the static and dynamic balance, reaction time and mobility with the use of WBV.
- Trial name
- NCT01045746
- Testing
- Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A, Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration b
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
Distorted; Balance, Motor Deficit
Virtual Reality Based Balance Training in People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
The aim of the present study is to evaluate an innovative virtual reality-based balance training intervention for improving clinically relevant motor performances (balance and gait) in people with mild cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- Distorted; Balance, Motor Deficit, Cognitive Deficit
- Trial name
- NCT02214342
- Testing
- Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Distorted; Balance, Motor Deficit
Virtual Reality-based Exercise in Older Adults
The aim of the present study is to evaluate an innovative virtual reality-based balance training intervention for improving clinically relevant motor performances (balance and gait) in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02043834
- Testing
- Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Distorted Balance, Low Back Pain
Geriatrics Balance and Low Back Pain Study
This study evaluates the effect of standard of care treatments (physical therapy versus manual therapy) in older adult patients who have balance problems with or without low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02031562
- Testing
- chiropractic, physical therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Logan College of Chiropractic
Balance; Distorted
Efficacy of Arch Insoles in the Dynamic Postural Control for the Elderly
The purpose of this study is to measure the ability of balance controlling and test the evaluation of clinical trials with different arch insoles.
- Trial name
- NCT01265134
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital