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Physiological and biomechanical study of postural balance controlling mechanism in young and older adults

Physiological and biomechanical study of postural balance controlling mechanism in young and older adults

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100046807
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-05-28
Start date
2021-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-01-10

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Conditions

Balance and Falls

Interventions

Young adults:Balance perturbation
Elderly non-fallers:Balance perturbation
Elderly fallers:Balance perturbation

Sponsors

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The elderly subjects shall be community-dwelling older adults aged 65 or over, and the young subjects shall age between 18 to 35 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects with active inflammatory or pathologic changes in lower-extremity joints in the previous 6 months before the experiment, serious emotional problems, severe visual spatial dysfunction, and active medical problems will be excluded from this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Electroencephalogram;Ultrasound imaging;Plantar force distribution;Electromyography;Mechanomyogram;3D motion capture;—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
WHO Quality of Life Scale—Brief Version;Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS);—

Countries

Hong Kong

Contacts

Public ContactZonghao Ma

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

czh.ma@polyu.edu.hk+852 27667671

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026