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Conscious Movement Processing, Postural Stability and Muscle Efficiency in Older Adults

NCT05630911 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 132

Last updated 2024-02-29

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Summary

This study aims to address critical knowledge gaps by investigating the effects of trait conscious movement processing propensity on real-time (state) conscious movement processing propensity, postural stability, and muscle efficiency in older adults at risk of falling in Hong Kong with high and low trait conscious movement processing propensities, while standing in a challenging environment with different levels of standing task difficulties. The study results would contribute to our scientific understanding of the mechanisms of conscious movement processing in older adults while maintaining standing balance in a challenging environment. It could inform the follow-up investigations for the development of the most appropriate psychomotor standing balance re-education intervention in rehabilitation so as to mitigate the effect of conscious movement processing and the risk of falling in older adults. The findings from the proposed research could ultimately help improve the outcome of fall rehabilitation programmes and reduce the impact of falls in the older adults in Hong Kong.

Conditions

  • Fall Injury
  • Postural; Defect
  • Old Age; Debility

Interventions

OTHER

Standing tasks with different task difficulty

The three different standing positions will include wide-base standing on foam (WBF) with low-level of task difficulty, narrow-base standing on foam (NBF) with moderate-level of task difficulty, and tandem standing on foam (TAF) with high-level of task difficulty.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomson Wong, PhD · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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