NCT02417545

Gaze and Stair Walking in Patients With Vestibular Dysfunction

Gaze and Movement Behavior of Patients With Vestibular Dysfunction During Level Floor, Ramp, and Stair Walking

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the differences in gaze and gait during the stair and ramp negotiation (+transition to normal level walking) between healthy controls and vestibular patients (fallers and non-fallers).

Detailed description

For a better understanding of falls in patients with vestibular disorders it might be important to identify the challenging environmental that provoke functional deficits; e.g. stair or ramp negotiation. The three steps at the ground and at the top of stairs is the most common location for missteps and stair accidents. This is supported by the observation made in a 12-month prospective study were 32% of the falls happened during the last step going down stairs in vestibular patients. It remains open if patient's vestibular dysfunctions have a different gaze or gait behavior than healthy individuals.

Conditions

• Vestibular Diseases

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2015-04-15
• Last updated: 2016-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland