NCT01631604

Gait Characteristics Following a Fall

Quantification of Gait Parameters and Muscle Activation Patterns Following a Fall

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to quantify the safety degree of the patient's gait, to detect the reason for the fall and quantify the biomechanical parameters related to fall. This study also aims to evaluate the effect of different rehabilitation treatments and their effect on the risk of falling.

Detailed description

In this study, patients suffering from motor disabilities as a result of orthopedic or neurologic impairments will be tested at the gait and motion laboratory. Each patient will be secured with a ceiling-mounted safety harness and will walk on the path wearing passive light-reflecting markers and surface electrodes. High-speed cameras will record the subject's movements and the markers will be tracked to produce data of joint angles, velocities and accelerations. Dynamic EMG will be recorded from various muscles. During the examination, the gait of the subjects will be disturb by either (i) a visual or sound signal that requires the subject to stop immediately, or (ii) walking different terrains, or (iii) tying a string to the foot and pulling it shortly to induce a trip.

Conditions

• Motor Impairments
• Orthopaedic Injuries
• Neurological Conditions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Walking aids and devices	Walking aids, e.g. braces, canes,orthoses, prosthetics, etc.
DRUG	Muscle/nerve injection	Injection to muscle or nerve
PROCEDURE	Corrective surgery	correction of spinal and bony deformities, muscle transfer, tendon elongation etc.
OTHER	Physical therapy treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2012-06-29
• Last updated: 2017-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel