Development of Novel Designed Force Plate for Measuring the Balance Ability for the Elders

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Closed eyes double-leg stance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02615028

KMUH-IRB-20120807

Details and patient eligibility

About

To develop a force plate with a proper computing algorithm that can be used in the average household as well as within community care centers. An affordable price range will also be necessary.

Full description

Many studies using force plates to examine the elders' balance ability for fall prevention. However, few studies compare the reliability differences among age in postural sway measurements even though many studies find significantly greater postural sway in the elder population than compared to the younger cohort. Investigation of this age difference is important for choosing variables to represent their postural sway improvement in order to determine the intervention outcome.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Young adults between 20 and 25 yrs
• Seniors between 67 to 75 yrs.

Exclusion criteria

• Lower limb neuromuscular diseases
• Musculoskeletal injuries
• Any negative response

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

Closed eyes double-leg stance

Other group

Description:

Body relaxed with both arms naturally placed beside thighs, eyes closed for 40 seconds.

Treatment:

Other: Closed eyes double-leg stance