Ideal Treadmill Speed To Stimulate Walking Steps In Babies

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000517279

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-30

Start date

2009-06-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

purpose of the study: investigate the effects of different treadmill belt speeds on babies foot steps. Hypothesys: 1. In the highest belt speeds, the foot steps look like mature gait in the kinematics parameters; 2. In the highest belt speeds, the descriptive, temporal and coordenatives variables of the babies foot steps look like the mature gait. 3. The highest belt speeds (0.22 and 0.28 m/s) are the best speeds to stimulate foot steps in babies in the treadmill

Interventions

The infant was submitted a once time in four random belt speeds of the treadmill (0.1, 0.16, 0.22 e 0.28 m/s) during one minute each one, with passive reflective marcs in left shoulder, left hip, left knee, left ankle, and left fifth metatarsal to kinematics analysis, and filmed by a camera

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

11 Months to 13 Months

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

health babies, previous to walking onset (cruising)

Exclusion criteria

neurological abnormalities

Outcome results