Clinical trials: Walking
Hyperkyphosis, Walking, Difficulty
Walking and Balance Related to Sagittal Spinal Posture Alignment
This study aims to improve understanding of the relationship between spinal alignment and walking and balance in people who have degenerative spinal conditions.
- Conditions
- Hyperkyphosis, Walking, Difficulty, Balance; Distorted, Spinal Disease
- Trial name
- WiSPA (NCT04008459)
- Testing
- Therapeutic exercise class
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Recurrent Miscarriage
Walking and Dietary Modification for Recurrent Early Miscarriages
This study is part of a big one aiming to evaluate how lifestyle interventions during pregnancy affect obstetric results, neonatal metabolism and the intelligence of the offspring (study not yet completed).
- Trial name
- W&D (NCT03023137)
- Testing
- Walking & dietary modification
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 480 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Chronic Respiratory Failure, Hypoxemia
Effects of Oxygen Supplementation During the 6-Minute Walk Test in Chronic Respiratory Failure or Exertional Hypoxemia
The aim of this multicenter crossover trial is to describe the effect of adding a therapeutic dose of exertional oxygen therapy, in terms of exercise performance, gas exchange, heart rate, symptoms perception and subjective…
- Conditions
- Chronic Respiratory Failure, Hypoxemia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Interstitial Lung Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07451977
- Testing
- Usual Oxygen During 6-Minute Walk Test, Supplemental Oxygen During 6-Minute Walk Test
- Where
- 6 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Healthy Older Adults
Effects of Overload Eccentric and Concentric Resistance Training on the Cost of Walking, Muscle-tendon and Jumping Performance in Healthy Older Individuals
Normal aging leads to a decline in neuromuscular and mobility functions, including a 60% reduction in maximal voluntary force production, a 25% decrease in muscle volume and quality (sarcopenia), and reduced tendon stiffness by…
- Trial name
- EOECORT-COM-JP (NCT06838481)
- Testing
- Concentric overload resistance training, Eccentric overload resistance training, Active Control
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hungarian University of Sports Science
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Downhill Walking in IPF
In this study; will examine the effects of downhill walking (eccentric exercise training) on exercise capacity, quality of life, and blood lactate levels in individuals with IPF.
- Trial name
- NCT06756230
- Testing
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Downhill Walking, Treadmill Walking without incline
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Physical Activity
Development and Feasibility of an Incentive Scheme to Promote Walking/Cycling to School
The aim of this study is to investigate whether an incentive scheme is a feasible approach to increase walking/cycling to school.
- Trial name
- RIGHT_TRACKS (NCT02282631)
- Testing
- Incentive scheme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newcastle University
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, Transverse Myelitis
Ultrasound Imaging Based Sensing of Human Ankle Motion Intent and Control Strategies for Ankle Assistance
Robotic therapies aim to improve limb function in individuals with neurological injury. Modulation of robotic assistance in many of these therapies is achieved by measuring the extant volitional strength of limb muscles.
- Trial name
- NCT05249595
- Testing
- Surface electromypgraphy-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices, Ultrasound imaging-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices, Surface electromypgraphy and ultrasound imaging-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Heart Failure
This Study Tests Empagliflozin in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). The Study Looks at How Far Patients Can Walk in 6 Minutes and at Their Heart Failure Symptoms
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of empagliflozin 10 mg versus placebo on exercise ability using the 6 minute walk test in patients with chronic HF with reduced ejection fraction (LVEF ≤ 40%) Secondary…
- Trial name
- NCT03448419
- Testing
- Empagliflozin
- Where
- 109 sites in United States, Australia and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 312 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA, Morquio A Syndrome
Efficacy and Safety Study of BMN 110 for Morquio A Syndrome Patients Who Have Limited Ambulation
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of 2.0 mg/kg/week BMN 110 in a patient population that has limited ambulation, in a period of up to 144 weeks.
- Conditions
- Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA, Morquio A Syndrome, MPS IVA
- Trial name
- NCT01697319
- Testing
- BMN 110
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Asthma
physicAl aCtiviTy In minOrity womeN With Asthma Intervention
The ACTION intervention: physicAl aCtiviTy In minOrity womeN with asthma is a 3lifestyle physical activity intervention refined to be applicable for sedentary African American (AA) women with asthma.
- Trial name
- ACTION (NCT03265665)
- Testing
- ACTION Intervention, Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Accidental Falls, Rehabilitation
The Role of Attention Focus Walking Training in Older Adults.
This study aims to examine the effect of external, internal and no attention focus walking training during gait rehabilitation on real-time conscious motor processing (reinvestment), balance, walking ability and fear of falling…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Rehabilitation, Walking, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT04419753
- Testing
- attention focus walking training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Thomson Wai-Lung Wong
Spinal Cord Injuries, Neuropathic Pain
Virtual Walking Intervention for Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this study is to determine if playing a virtual reality walking game can help improve neuropathic pain in adults with chronic spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- VRWalk (NCT05005026)
- Testing
- VR Game 1, VR Game 2
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Duchenne Dystrophy Muscular
Biomechanical and Morphological Changes in Dystrophic Muscle
The loss of ability to walk in many children with DMD (Duchenne muscular Dystrophy) is a pejorative event. Biomechanical and morphological unknowledge about the loss of the walk ability in children with DMD is an obstacle in…
- Trial name
- MARCHE-DMD (NCT02472990)
- Where
- 10 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Neuromotor Impairments, Walking Impairment
Clinical Impacts of Structured Robotic Gait Training Programs
Background and Rationale: Walking impairments impacts the 2-3/1000 children who have cerebral palsy1,2, and others unable to walk due to other central nervous system disorders such as a traumatic brain injury.
- Trial name
- NCT07405450
- Testing
- Clinical Impacts of Structured Robotic Gait Training Programs
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Chronic Stroke Patients
Lateral Stair Walking Training After Chronic Stroke
The experimental group received 15 minutes of lateral stair walking exercise and 30 minutes of traditional physiotherapy (strengthening exercise, balance training and gait training) each time.
- Trial name
- NCT03702517
- Testing
- lateral stair walking exercise, traditional physiotherapy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Healthy
Effects of Real-time Feedback During Decline Walking on Kinematic and Kinetic Gait Parameters in a Healthy Population
Control of the dynamic functional leg alignment (dFLA) and biomechanical load are important joint related aspects regarding the development of osteoarthritis (OA).
- Trial name
- Up_and_Down (NCT04763850)
- Testing
- Decline Walking with real-time Feedback
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klaus Widhalm
Heart Failure, Cardiac Failure
Heart Failure Insomnia Treatment Study
The purpose of this study is to compare a short, behavioral treatment for insomnia with sleep monitoring to determine whether these approaches are effective in reducing insomnia and improving sleep quality among patients with…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Cardiac Failure, Congestive Heart Failure, Insomnia
- Trial name
- H-FITS (NCT03636880)
- Testing
- Brief treatment for Insomnia, Sleep Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Scleroderma, Systemic, Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Functional Exercise Tests in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
The aim of the study is to examine the validity of peripheral oxygen saturation measurement during the 6-minute walk test in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) and to examine the utility of two other functional tests as…
- Conditions
- Scleroderma, Systemic, Lung Diseases, Interstitial, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Acroosteolysis
- Trial name
- NCT04650659
- Testing
- 6-minute walk test part one, 6-minute walk test part two, 1-minute sit-to-stand test
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic
Ischemic Conditioning Improves Walking Function Post Stroke
This innovative study will address scientific and clinical areas relatively unexplored in chronic stroke that could lead to greater recovery of walking.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Stroke, Cardiovascular
- Trial name
- NCT04038697
- Testing
- Ischemic Conditioning, Treadmill Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Cerebral Palsy, Poststroke/CVA Paresis
The Middle East "Stepping Forward" Project (MESF)
The overall objective is to improve the functional status of Middle East adolescents with disabilities due to cerebral palsy (CP) and disabilities in adults due to cerebro-vascular stroke (Hemiplegia) by a collaborative…
- Trial name
- MESF (NCT01466296)
- Testing
- Chaotic Perturbation, Dummy not active shoes, Treadmill training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center