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Effects of EMG-Biofeedback Balance Training on Hoffman's Reflex

NCT06418503 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2024-05-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to gain a further understanding of the effects of EMG-biofeedback balance training and we will be analyzing changes in spinal reflex excitability by responses from the calve muscles and data about your standing balance. The EMG-biofeedback balance training has the potential to improve balance of older adults and prevent future falls and in this study we will learn if it also creates changes in the nervous system.

This study aims to 1) determine the effects of a one-month long EMG-biofeedback balance intervention on the H-reflex amplitude, 2) determine whether there is a related behavioural change in the control of balance and 3) determine whether changes in balance and H-reflex amplitude persist for up to two weeks following the end of the balance training intervention.

Conditions

  • Spinal Reflex Excitability
  • Balance

Interventions

OTHER

Balance Training

Participants will complete 16 sessions of balance training (30 min. each) over one month.

OTHER

EMG-Biofeedback Training

Participants will complete 16 sessions of EMG-biofeedback balance training (30 min. each) over one month.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-31
Primary Completion
2025-07-31
Completion
2025-07-31

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