Gait Modifications and Cutaneous Stimulation

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Device: Cutaneous stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02884414

37562

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to quantify differences in joint mechanics between different types of walking in healthy individuals and individuals with knee pathology. The investigators will determine how modifying gait through feedback and/or cutaneous stimulation changes joint loading.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI < 35 kg/m^2
• For knee pathology subjects: Diagnosis of knee pathology (e.g. knee osteoarthritis, ACL injury, etc) and/or knee pain
• Full weight-bearing status

Exclusion criteria

• Non-ambulatory
• Use of walking aid
• For healthy volunteers - history of surgical intervention at any joint of the lower extremity
• Inability to cooperate with study protocol due to medical or psychiatric reasons
• Inability to provide informed consent
• For healthy subjects: Any diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis or knee pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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56 participants in 1 patient group

Cutaneous Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Cutaneous stimulation and/or feedback. This stimulation and/or feedback may be visual, auditory, tactile (e.g. vibratory, temperature), or haptic and is completely external.

Treatment:

Device: Cutaneous stimulation