Gait Disturbances and Hips Bone Mineral Density

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Difference in BMD Between Both Hips

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01554605

TASMC-12-NV-648-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to investigate the role of gait disturbance as a cause for difference in Bone Mineral Density (BMD) between both hips. Each subject will undergo the following tests: Functional Mobility Testing, Gait analysis, Motion Analysis, Assessments for Balance and Gait and Cognitive assessments.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. differeneces in hips in Bone Mineral Density test in one group.
2. Age 40-80.

Exclusion criteria

1. bone disease,
2. arthritis,
3. congenital skeletal malformations,
4. pregnancy,
5. neurological disease