Healthy elderly people
Conditions
Interventions
We choose a group of 6 subjects judged as gait instability by the foot arch measurements of X-ray photography with the imaging radiation dose of 0.05 msv per shoot and by walking analysis by accelerat
walk with the emphasis on instabilities of foot and legs. Subjects wear the acceleration sensor during the walk in order to conduct their gait analysis simultaneously. One month later, we measured aga
s stabilized walk with the intervention of wearing insoles and adjusting thickness of the soles, Gait analysis by the acceleration sensor is conduced again as same as before. Comparative analysis is p
Sponsors
Tohoku University CYRIC Division of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Senior citizens living in the local area without central diseases, notable internal disorders or orthopedic disease. However, person with flat feet, mild X-legs and O-legs are not excluded.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Un stable symptoms with complaints of pain by orthopedic disease. 2) Those with a leg length difference of 3 cm or more. 3) Other subjects judged as inappropriate by the attending physician. 4) Those showing remarkable fatigue during walking. 5) Appealing dizziness with insole use or correction of the leg length difference. 6) Subjects with metal in the body such as pacemakers.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is confirmed that walking speed, walking strength, walking stability improve by adjusting the insole wear and thickness of the shoe sole. Image analysis is performed by FDG-PET for brain activity and whole body muscle activity when performing a walking task for 30 minutes. We perform FDG - PET shooting at a time interval of about 1 month, twice in total, walking done in an unstable state and stable walking, and compare and examine. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKonomi Takahashi
Tohoku University CYRIC Division of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology
Outcome results
None listed