NCT04146675

Evaluation of a T-shirt "Balance" Containing Ceramic Fibers

Pilot Study for the Evaluation of a T-shirt "Balance" Containing Ceramic Fibers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Lille · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Falls are frequent and often serious events in the elderly. The consequences of falls are often severe: traumatic (fractures, hematomas, ..) and psychological. Falls are among the top ten causes of death in this population and, for people older than 70, falls are the leading cause of accidental death. The Damart company has developed a fabric containing ceramic fibers. Clothes containing such fibers have been found to improve balance. This study aims to measure the effect of a t-shirt with a ceramic membrane ("ceramic" t-shirt) on the balance and walking compared to the effect of a "placebo" t-shirt (same weight, appearance and texture). The hypothesis is that wearing the ceramic tee-shirt significantly improves balance and walking, suggesting that it can also reduce falls - the main consequence of the balance and walking disorder.

Conditions

• Geriatrics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	TRICOT JERSEY VANISE DOUBLE FACE	Short sleeve t-shirt : TRICOT JERSEY VANISE DOUBLE FACE " THERMOLACTYL EVOLUTION " with ceramic fibers. A Tinetti test will be performed while wearing the T-shirt, as well as an evaluation of the equilibration on posturography platform under static conditions and an assessment of dynamic equilibrium and locomotion in motion analysis.
DEVICE	TRICOT JERSEY SIMPLE	Short sleeve t-shirt : TRICOT JERSEY SIMPLE The comparator T-shirt has the same weight, the same appearance, and will be used by patients in the same way and under the same conditions as the T-shirt with ceramic fibers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2019-10-31
• Last updated: 2019-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France