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The Role of Perturbed Auditory Information for Self-motion in Gait

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University of Nebraska

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Gait

Treatments

Behavioral: Auditory Feedback

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05713383
0794-22-EP

Details and patient eligibility

About

As people walk and interact with objects such as when opening a door, their movements make sounds. It is possible that these sounds are also used as feedback to stabilize and adapt movement. There is some evidence for such a connection between the auditory and motor systems in activities of daily living, yet the empirical work is insufficient because the role of the auditory system in movement is a relatively neglected topic. The objective of this study is to address this gap. The study will also evaluate the potential for improvements in movement stability and variability by restricting or augmenting the auditory feedback from the participants' footstep sounds.

Full description

As people walk and interact with objects such as when opening a door, their movements make sounds. It is possible that these sounds are also used as feedback to stabilize and adapt movement. There is some evidence for such a connection between the auditory and motor systems in activities of daily living, yet the empirical work is insufficient because the role of the auditory system in movement is a relatively neglected topic. The objective of this study is to address this gap. The study will also evaluate the potential for improvements in movement stability and variability by restricting or augmenting the auditory feedback from the participants' footstep sounds. Eligibility is based on inclusion and exclusion criteria determined via a self-report questionnaire. The inclusion criteria are age and overall health status (young healthy adults, 19-35) and self-reported ability to walk comfortably for half an hour. Exclusion criteria include known hearing impairment, history of back or lower extremity injury, surgery that affects mobility, neurological disease or impairment that limits the ability to walk (Cerebral palsy). The study will randomly split the participants in a control and experimental group. Participants will perform trials in one condition only, quiet walking or control. Participants will visit the lab five times in the span of two weeks. The first and last sessions will serve for pre-post comparisons.

Enrollment

20 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

19 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • self-reported tolerance to 30 minute exercise
  • self-reported ability to walk comfortably for half an hour

Exclusion criteria

  • known hearing or visual impairment
  • currently being pregnant
  • history of back or lower extremity injury, surgery that affects mobility, and neurological disease or impairment that limit the ability to walk

Trial design

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Walking
No Intervention group
Description:
Walking normally without restriction
Walking Quietly
Experimental group
Description:
Participants instructed to make little noise while walking.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Auditory Feedback

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Dobromir Dotov, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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