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Noise-Enhanced Sensory Function in Elders at Risk for Falls

NCT00421759 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170

Last updated 2009-12-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The long-term goal of this project is to develop a non-invasive, noise-based technique for enhancing somatosensation and thereby improving balance control in elderly fallers and older adults with somatosensory deficits.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Somatosensory Deficit

Interventions

DEVICE

Vibrating Insoles

Participants wear vibrating sandals for 3 trials of 6 minutes, during a single lab visit. The sandal vibration is on during either first or second 3 minutes of the 6 minute trial, as they walk. Also, participants wear the sandals for 2 hours while sitting, with vibrations on for one visit and off for the other.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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