Postural Effects of Being Rotated in a Whole Body Gyroscope

NCT ID: NCT01188161

Last Updated: 2010-08-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 25 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2010-08-31

Brief Summary

Subjects will be secured and rotated in a whole body gyroscope, similar to a flight trainer for astronauts. The rotations will be in many directions and the speed will be at 90 deg/sec. The effects of this rotation on the ability to stand upright will be measured.

Detailed Description

Computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) testing will be obtained after practice sessions on all subjects using a CAPS Pro system (Vestibular Technologies, Cheyenne WY, USA). All tests will be conducted with the subject standing on a perturbing foam cushion. Six different conditions will be tested in sequence without the subjects stepping away from the foam/platform in order to assess if the center of sway position changed with the changing test conditions: (1) Eyes Open Head Neutral, (2) Eyes Closed Head Neutral, (3) Eyes Closed Head Right, (4) Eyes Closed Head Left, (5) Eyes Closed Head Flexed, (6) Eyes Closed Head Extended. Subjects will be continuously rotated in a computer-controlled multi-axis chair (Gyrostim by UltraThera Technologies, Inc.) in combinations of whole body Pitch and Yaw simultaneously over a 40 second profile at 90 deg/sec (15 RPM). The acceleration rates to 90 degrees per second as well as deceleration rates will be linear and occur in 1 second. We will utilize rotations that will represent all combinations of pitch and yaw with Pitch direction changing two times and Yaw direction four times (Backward Pitch -20 seconds with right Yaw-10 seconds to left Yaw-10 seconds, to Forward Pitch- 20 seconds with right Yaw-10 seconds to left Yaw 10 seconds). Post rotational CDP testing will be compared to the Pre Rotational CDP,

Conditions

Falls; Balance; Movement Disorders

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Normal subjects

Volunteers without a history of dizzyness or vertigo

Rotating Chair

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Subjects will be spun in rotating chair

Interventions

Rotating Chair

Subjects will be spun in rotating chair

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

gyrostim

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Normal Healthy Adults without a history of vertigo or dizziness

Exclusion Criteria

• History of dizziness or vertigo

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Principal Investigators

Stephanie Sullivan, DC

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Life University

Locations

Life University

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

1-2010-06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id