NCT00817960

Effects of Ritalin on Postural Stability of Old Adults

Effects of Methylphenidate on Postural Stability of Old Adults Under Single and Dual Task Conditions.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Soroka University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Experimental design overview The proposed project is a prospective experimental study design. independent old adults(age 65 years old and older) who do not suffer from balance problems willing to participate in the study will be tested with well-established measuring techniques of Balance control before and 2 hours after taking of Methylphenidate (Ritalin) in the movement and Rehabilitation Laboratory at BGU. An automated algorithm will be used to extract standardized stabilogram-diffusion parameters from each of the COP data sets collected during quiet standing. These parameters include diffusion coefficients, critical displacement, critical time and scaling exponents for both lateral and anterior-posterior sway directions (Collins \& De Luca, 1993). For each of the conditions (before and 1 hour after the use of Ritalin) in three task conditions single task; dual task (concentrating and identifying specific music); and just Listening to a relaxing music. Participants will be required to stand on the platform 10 times for 30 s. For each trial, they will be instructed to sway as little as possible.

Conditions

• Postural Imbalance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Methylphenidate	The effect of ritalin on postural stability of old adults (65 years old and over) will be measured using RCT study design

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2009-01-07
• Last updated: 2012-06-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel