Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT03689647
Using the Arms to Drive the Legs During Walking
Reducing Metabolic Cost of Walking by Exploiting Arm Swing to Drive Leg Swing
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Houston · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 36 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study aims to understand and compare the metabolic and mechanical demands placed on the body while walking normally and walking with the use of an apparatus that drives leg swing through the use of the arms. This information will help the investigators identify how arm swing mechanics helps minimize energy demands and to use this knowledge to design walking rehabilitation interventions in the future.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Arm Swing Driven Assistive Apparatus | The investigators are testing a simple, custom built apparatus to determine if it can facilitate the use of the arms to swing the legs during walking. More specifically, the investigators will measure how this assistive apparatus affects the metabolic cost and biomechanics of walking. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-31
- Completion
- 2018-12-31
- First posted
- 2018-09-28
- Last updated
- 2018-10-02
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03689647. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.