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Sensory Training for Orientation and Balance

NCT04331561 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2022-06-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a preliminary study of how human beings control balance and how symptoms of visually-induced dizziness may result in falls. The researchers created new tests of orientation and balance, as well as a new treatment for visually-induced dizziness. The researchers will use the new tests and treatments with adults who are affected by visually-induced dizziness. Testing is done twice before and once after treatment. The total time participants are involved in the study is approximately two weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

sensory re-weighting

Participants will be supported in quiet standing by a safety harness and crisscrossing strap system. A cervical collar will be used to maintain consistent alignment between the head and trunk. A virtual reality headset is used to create a virtual environment in which visual stimuli will be presented. Three different body positions will be used during training: earth-vertical and clockwise and counterclockwise tilted 16º in the frontal plane. Sensory re-weighting will be driven by priming upregulation of somatosensory cues. In each training trial, participants must determine the direction of gravity and then indicate if the rod being displayed is aligned with gravity or if it needs to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise for that to be so. Participants will be instructed to pay attention to what they feel from their feet, legs, and gut during training and to use that pressure, stretch, movement, and muscle tension feedback to help them sense gravity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kreg G Gruben, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-31
Primary Completion
2023-06-30
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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