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Neural Underpinnings of Turning

NCT05475236 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2025-06-11

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Summary

Older adults and stroke survivors often have difficulty performing complex walking tasks, due in part to changes in the brain. One task often overlooked is turning, which can lead to injury when performed poorly. The investigators will use non-invasive brain stimulation to assess brain activity and relate those observations to turning performance in older adults and stroke survivors.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experimental: Locomotor Learning

Participants will undergo four sessions of locomotor and turn learning. Locomotor learning will involve practicing walking over different terrains (i.e., soft and firm mats) and obstacles at different walking speeds (slow or fast) and turning practice at each end of the walking course. The full cohort will undergo either transcranial direct current stimulation or sham stimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Clayton W Swanson, PhD · North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-28
Primary Completion
2024-06-28
Completion
2024-06-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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