MedTrace Logo

Neurophysiological Changes After Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults

NCT06573658 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2025-09-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is an assessor-blinded neurophysiological study. Participants will be randomly assigned to a perturbation-based training (PBT) or a walking (control) group. Changes in postural stability and neurophysiology in the brain following PBT compared to walking exercise without perturbation will be investigated.

Conditions

  • Falling
  • Community Dwelling Older Adults
  • Postural Stability
  • Brain Connectivity
  • Brain Structure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Perturbation-based balance training (PBT)

It will be a two-session training with each session lasting for approximately an hour. Perturbations will be induced during treadmill walking. Participants will be instructed to recover their balance and continue walking after the perturbations.

BEHAVIORAL

Walking exercise (control)

It will be a two-session training with each session lasting for approximately an hour. The same training duration and format will be used as the PBT group, except that no perturbations will be induced during the treadmill walking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sau Lan Tsang, PhD · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-18
Primary Completion
2025-10-14
Completion
2026-10-14

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT06573658 on ClinicalTrials.gov