Using the Arms to Drive the Legs During Walking

Reducing Metabolic Cost of Walking by Exploiting Arm Swing to Drive Leg Swing

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03689647

Enrollment

Registered

2018-09-28

Start date

2018-10-01

Completion date

2018-12-31

Last updated

2018-10-02

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Conditions

Metabolic Cost of Walking With Arm Swing Assistive Device

Brief summary

This study aims to understand and compare the metabolic and mechanical demands placed on the body while walking normally and walking with the use of an apparatus that drives leg swing through the use of the arms. This information will help the investigators identify how arm swing mechanics helps minimize energy demands and to use this knowledge to design walking rehabilitation interventions in the future.

Interventions

DEVICEArm Swing Driven Assistive Apparatus

The investigators are testing a simple, custom built apparatus to determine if it can facilitate the use of the arms to swing the legs during walking. More specifically, the investigators will measure how this assistive apparatus affects the metabolic cost and biomechanics of walking.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 36 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Apparently healthy and free from neurological disease and/or body related injury * Community-dwelling young men and women 18-36 yrs * Use and be contacted by telephone * Speak, read, understand, and complete a questionnaire in English * Body mass index \< 30 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

* not of the specified age range or Body Mass Index * inadequate aerobic fitness training * answering no to question #3 on Screening Form (Is participant in good general health?) * answering yes to: * question #4 (any difficulty with mobility?) * question #5 (problems with balance/dizziness?) * question #6 (lingering symptoms/pain from injury?) * question #7 (chest pain/shortness of breath?) * question #8 (high blood pressure/hypertension?), or * questions #9, 10, 11 (first degree family history of heart attack?) * question #12 (smoke cigarettes?) * question #13 (diabetes?) * question #14 (high cholesterol?) * question #15 (Is participant pregnant?)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Metabolic Cost	Change from walking without assistive apparatus to walking with assistive apparatus. Measures of metabolic cost are completed within a 3-hour time window during a single laboratory visit.	Change in Metabolic Cost

Contacts

Primary ContactChristopher J Arellano, PhD

carellano@uh.edu713-743-9709

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 22, 2026