Vibratory Stimulation to Improve Balance Recovery
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Fall
Fall Injury
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 65 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Other
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About This Trial
Falls are the primary cause of traumatic injury in older adults, and tripping is the leading cause of falls. A robust method for improving aging-related proprioceptive deficits is lacking, while strong evidence shows that proprioception deficits are highly associated with poor balance recovery from tripping. Previous research suggested that stochastic vibratory stimulation (SVS) can influence prop…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* age 65 years or older
* the ability to understand study instructions.
Exclusion Criteria:
* disorders associated with severe motor and balance deficits, including stroke, Parkinson's disease, severe arthritis, lower-extremity amputation, spinal cord pathologies (e.g., spinal…
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