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Augmenting Balance in Individuals With Cerebellar Ataxias

NCT02887703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-03-07

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Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a 12-week in home balance training program with and without sensory augmentation for individuals with ataxia. Subjects wear a belt while performing balance exercises three times per week for 12 weeks. The belt measures body motion and has small vibrating elements called tactors mounted inside that when turned on, feel like a cell phone set to vibrate. The tactors provide information about body motion and indicate when and how to make a postural correction. Subjects will receive six weeks of balance training with the tactors turned on and six weeks of balance training with the tactors turned off.

Conditions

  • Cerebellar Ataxia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sensory Augmentation

Sensory augmentation is a technique of augmenting or replacing compromised sensory information. In the context of sensory-based balance impairments, a sensory augmentation device provides cues of body motion that supplement an individual's remaining intact sensory systems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kathleen Sienko

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen H Sienko, Ph.D. · Department of Mechanical Engineering

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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