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Examining the Feasibility of an Outdoor Therapeutic Horse Carriage As a Perturbation -based Balance Training

NCT06708104 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2024-11-27

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Summary

The proposed study is a prospective experimental single-arm pre-post study aiming to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of an outdoor therapeutic horse carriage, i.e., the Equine Dynamic Balance (EDB), as a form of reactive balance training. First, the investigators will describe the mechanical parameters of perturbations generated by the EDB's standing platform, including displacement, velocity and acceleration. Second, the investigators will assess the effect of EDB training on balance. Independent healthy young adults who do not suffer from balance impairments willing to participate in the study will be tested before and after EDB training, that will be delivered by standing on a dynamic therapeutic horse carriage pulled by a horse, to explore whether there are differences in balance control and balance reactions as a result of a 2-week EDB intervention program.

Conditions

  • Balance Impairment
  • Accidental Fall

Interventions

DEVICE

Outdoor horse-assisted perturbation training

This is balance training in which a special carriage, i.e. a dynamic standing platform, is pulled by a horse on the outside surface, providing the trainee with multi-directional 3D balance perturbations that depend on the topography of the training area (various slopes and surface types), the horse walking speed, and its ability to stop, accelerate, and turns.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loewenstein Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-31
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

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