Clinical trials: Posture
Multiple Sclerosis
Protective Stepping in People With MS
Falls are common in Veterans with multiple sclerosis (MS), and current rehabilitation approaches to reduce falls are inadequate.
- Trial name
- PRO-STEP (NCT03551665)
- Testing
- Protective step training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Healthy Volunteers
The Effect of Power Posing on Timed Up and Go Test Score
This study determines the effects of posture on time up and go test. Half of the subjects will assume a high-power posture, while the other half will assume a low-power posture.
- Trial name
- NCT03032393
- Testing
- high-power, low-power
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Youngstown State University
Back Pain, Postural Low Back Pain
Upright Back Posture Device Study
This is a randomized controlled study to determine if patients between the ages of 18-50 years, with posture related low back pain, who use the Upright device demonstrate improved pain control and self perception of posture…
- Conditions
- Back Pain, Postural Low Back Pain, Lower Back Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03769246
- Testing
- Upright Go Device, Ergonomic Handout
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Adverse Effects
Effects of Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine-derivative Hypnotics on Cognitive and Motor Functions in Elderly Persons
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) have been reported to cause negative impacts on motor as well as cognitive functions, which in turn could result in lethal incidents including falls especially in the elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT00707915
- Testing
- Drug: Benzodiazepine (listed out below)
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Minamihanno Hospital
Postural Kyphosis, Thoracic Region
Physical Therapy Treatment Once a Month Versus Once a Week for Posture Improvement in Children and Adolescents
This study is design in a clinical setting for testing whether physical therapy treatment that includes postural awareness exercises for strength flexibility and endurance is improving low back pain and postural behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT03046472
- Testing
- Physical Therapy treatment for Postural Behavior
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assuta Hospital Systems
Healthy
Chairless Chair Exoskeleton. Work-physiological-biomechanical Analysis of the Lower Extremities
Standing work is associated with increased risks of venous and musculoskeletal disorders; particularly low back pain is commonly reported in prolonged standing work.
- Trial name
- NCT03134144
- Testing
- Exoskeleton "Chairless Chair"
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Critical Illness
Body Positioning and Pulmonary Aeration During Mechanical Ventilation
The present randomized crossover clinical trial aims to evaluate the influence of different body postures on pulmonary aeration among mechanically ventilated critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04176445
- Testing
- Orthostatic board posture, Bedside sitting posture
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Focal Dystonia
Quantifying Musical Performance After Treatment With Myobloc in Musician's Dystonia
This study uses a computerized method of musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) quantification of performance before and after treatment with botulinum toxin type B (Myobloc ®, Solstice Neurosciences).
- Trial name
- NCT00208091
- Testing
- Botulinum toxin, type B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Disorder
A New Training to Enhance Physical Activity in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy
The purpose of this research study is to test the feasibility and response of a new exercise protocol on improving physical activity in adolescents with cerebral palsy.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Disorder, Physical Disability, Posture Disorders in Children
- Trial name
- FOLIC (NCT05865418)
- Testing
- Loaded high intensity training, High intensity circuit training (HICT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Flexible Flatfoot
Effectiveness of Core Stability Exercises on Foot Posture, Function and Limb Alignment in Flexible Flat Feet Patients
Flexible flat foot is a very common musculoskeletal disorder of lower limbs in general population. Studies have reported that a flexible flat foot causes an alteration in the human body structures and lower limb kinetics due to a…
- Trial name
- NCT06567509
- Testing
- Core stability exercises and Short foot exercises, Conventional foot exercises and short foot exercises
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- International Islamic University Malaysia
Healthy
Effects of Divalproex Sodium on Food Intake, Energy Expenditure, and Posture Allocation
The purpose of the proposed study is to identify the mechanisms responsible for the weight gain associated with Depakote treatment, and to identify methods to prevent and treat weight gain in people taking Depakote.
- Trial name
- VPA (NCT00287053)
- Testing
- divalproex sodium
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Parkinson Disease
Effect of Levodopa on Postural Motor Learning in Parkinson Disease
The primary goal of this project is to gain a better understanding of whether and how levodopa (a common anti-Parkinson disease medication) alters postural motor learning in people with Parkinson disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02239978
- Testing
- Postural perturbation
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Scoliosis
A Postural Study Comparing Sitting on the Floor Versus Sitting in a Chair While Playing Video Games.
To determine if sitting in a chair or sitting on the floor lends itself to better posture while playing video games.
- Trial name
- NCT01163955
- Testing
- Time to fatigue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Glinn and Giordano Physical Therapy
Muscle Weakness, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy
NM Balance Regulation With ULLS and Loss of Sleep
The goal of this trial is to learn about how restricted sleep and not bearing weight on the leg affects muscle strength and posture control.
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Quadriceps Muscle Atrophy, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT05956964
- Testing
- Sleep Restriction, Sleep Adequate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lance Bollinger
Parkinson's Disease
Poised for Parkinson's - an Intervention to Increase Embodied Agency in People With Parkinson's Disease and Their Carers
The purpose of the study is to develop, deliver, and test an online Alexander-based training program for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.
- Trial name
- NCT04726709
- Testing
- Poised for Parkinson's
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Idaho
Critical Care, Walking
Validity of an Actigraph Accelerometer Following Critical Illness
This study will determine whether an Actigraph GT3X accelerometer can identify body position and quantify step count in a ward based population recovering from critical illness.
- Conditions
- Critical Care, Walking, Posture
- Trial name
- NCT03295630
- Testing
- Accelerometer
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy, Xerostomia Following in Neck or Head After Cancer Surgery
Does Craniosacraltherapy Combined With Exercises That Focuses om Respiration and Posture in the Upper Body Have an Effect on Xerostomia and Other Late Sequelae on People Who Has Been Suffering From Cancer in Mouth and Throat?
The current study aims to assess the efficacy of manual treatment with craniosacral therapy of fascial tissue in throat, neck, cranial and mouth region, on radiation and/or surgery-induced salivary gland hypofunction and…
- Conditions
- Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy, Xerostomia Following in Neck or Head After Cancer Surgery, Other Late Sequelae Following Radiotherapy and Cancer Surgery in Neck or Head
- Trial name
- NCT05882890
- Testing
- Craniosacral Therapy, Exercices Targeting Upper Posture and Respiration
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cathrine Rahbek
Diverticulosis
Evaluate the Safety and Diagnostic Advantages of Tilt Down Verses Standard Horizontal Colonoscopy Positioning
A tortuous sigmoid colon makes colonoscopy difficult. The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the diagnostic utility and incidence of adverse events in women using standard horizontal compared to lateral tilt…
- Trial name
- CTDTTIE (NCT01815671)
- Testing
- colonoscopy in the lateral horizontal position
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 173 people
- Sponsor
- Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC
Congestive Heart Failure
Effect of Posture on Left Ventricular (LV) Transvenous Lead Capture Thresholds (EXPECT)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether changes in a patient's position affect LV capture thresholds in a clinically significant way.
- Trial name
- EXPECT (NCT01520714)
- Testing
- Medtronic 4195 active fixation LV lead and Medtronic passive fixation LV lead
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Geometrical Facial Deformation According to Posture in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The measurement of the facial deformation according to the body posture will be conducted by 3D scanning for each posture after marking the landmarks on the face.
- Trial name
- NCT04798183
- Testing
- 3-dimensional scan
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital