Balance Measures During Stance and Gait: Comparison of Gyroscopic Measurements of Trunk Sway

Quantified Balance Measures During Stance and Gait: Comparison of a New Micro-mechanical Gyro-system (Sensoro Von Hocoma AG) With SwayStar (Balance Int. Innov.) for Measurements of Balance Control of Healthy Controls.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02509455

Enrollment

300

Registered

2015-07-28

Start date

2015-06-30

Completion date

2026-12-31

Last updated

2025-07-16

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Balance control, Body-mounted sensors, Balance Measures

Brief summary

To investigate whether an extended version of Valedo®Motion (termed Sensoro for brand management purposes), has the same trunk sway measures similar normal reference values of SwayStar. Offline data analysis of data obtained from Sensoro will be compared to data obtained by SwayStar, a highly accurate and widely accepted system for measuring balance control.

Detailed description

1. Determine a long time recording (over 60s) description of any differences in the drift and noise for the 2 systems during simultaneous recordings with the systems aligned with each other at rest. 2. Compare Sensoro trunk sway measures with those of SwayStar for a battery of 17 stance and gait tasks. The tasks to range from tasks with small velocities (standing on 2 legs eyes open, ca 0.1 deg/s or eyes closed on foam ca.10 deg/s) through tandem and gait tasks with velocities of ca 70 deg/s to the most dynamic with high velocities (rising from a chair, ca 150 deg/sec). 3. Estimate the additional value of adding trunk sway values for the yaw axis as an outcome measure of balance control. 4. Estimate the advantage of adding one or two sensors on the legs to help identify gait balance events and body posture.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* self reported lack of balance problems (checked by the ability to stand on 1 leg, eyes closed, for at least 14 secs).

Exclusion criteria

* orthopaedic problems * presence of diseases which cause balance problems.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Trunk sway angular velocity and displacement stance and gait tasks.	1 year	Is trunk sway angular velocity and displacement measured with SwayStar different when measured with Sensoro for a battery of stance and gait tasks

Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Primary ContactJohn HJ Allum, DSc

john.allum@usb.ch+41612652041

Outcome results