Developing a Balance Assessment System

NCT ID: NCT04389255

Last Updated: 2020-05-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

65 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-01

Study Completion Date

2019-06-27

Brief Summary

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To develop a balance device that will work with the inertia sensor to quantitatively assess the balance of individuals and investigate the validity and reliability of the balance data of the device.

Detailed Description

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In this study, we aim to develop a balance assessment system that will measure the balance quantitatively. For this balance assessment system, a balance board will be developed that will work with inertial sensors and detect the oscillations of the individual trying to stand on balance. The validity and reliability of the balance score determined by the analysis of the oscillation data of this balance board will be investigated.

Our hypothesis is that the correlation between the balance score revealed by the newly developed evaluation system and the results of clinical and instrumental balance assessment methods will be significant. For this, one commonly used clinic and one instrumental balance assessment method will be used. Star Excursion Balance Test as a clinical balance assessment method and Balance Master device (BMc) as an instrumental balance assessment method were evaluated. Limits of Stability Test (LOS) and Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (mCTSIB) were used in the BMc.

Conditions

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Healthy People Assessment

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Healthy people

65 people will be included.

Star Excursion Balance Test

Intervention Type OTHER

The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) is a dynamic test that requires strength, flexibility, and proprioception. It is a measure of dynamic balance that provides a significant challenge to athletes and physically active individuals. The test can be used to assess physical performance, but can also be used to screen deficits in dynamic postural control due to musculoskeletal injuries (e.g. chronic ankle instability), to identify athletes at greater risk for lower extremity injury, as well as during the rehabilitation of orthopeadic injuries in healthy active adults.\[

Balance Master device

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Balance Master (Neurocom International, Inc Clackamas,) device is a computerized posturography device. The device consists of a fixed support surface consisting of a force table and individuals, a variety of ground elements and a computer screen that will provide visual feedback and conduct test protocols. Posturography tests a person's ability to integrate visual, vestibular and somatosensory inputs and suppress inappropriate sensory information. Thus, it can quantitatively score the person's balance and examine balance problems in detail with the tests it contains. There are various protocols that evaluate balance differently in Balance Master (BMc). Limits of Stability Test (LOS) and Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (mCTSIB) were used in the BMc.

Interventions

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Star Excursion Balance Test

The Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) is a dynamic test that requires strength, flexibility, and proprioception. It is a measure of dynamic balance that provides a significant challenge to athletes and physically active individuals. The test can be used to assess physical performance, but can also be used to screen deficits in dynamic postural control due to musculoskeletal injuries (e.g. chronic ankle instability), to identify athletes at greater risk for lower extremity injury, as well as during the rehabilitation of orthopeadic injuries in healthy active adults.\[

Intervention Type OTHER

Balance Master device

The Balance Master (Neurocom International, Inc Clackamas,) device is a computerized posturography device. The device consists of a fixed support surface consisting of a force table and individuals, a variety of ground elements and a computer screen that will provide visual feedback and conduct test protocols. Posturography tests a person's ability to integrate visual, vestibular and somatosensory inputs and suppress inappropriate sensory information. Thus, it can quantitatively score the person's balance and examine balance problems in detail with the tests it contains. There are various protocols that evaluate balance differently in Balance Master (BMc). Limits of Stability Test (LOS) and Modified Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (mCTSIB) were used in the BMc.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 - 25
* No neurological or orthopedic diagnosis to affect balance
* Lack of vision and hearing defects that will affect the tests

Exclusion Criteria

* Existence of refraction problem, visual problem
* Failure to complete the specified tests
* Participant's failure to comply with the study plan
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Marmara University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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İlksan Demirbuken, Assoc Prof

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Marmara University Health Science Faculty Physiotherapy amd Rehabilitation

Zubeyir Sari, Assoc Prof

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Marmara University Health Science Faculty Physiotherapy amd Rehabilitation

Ali Omer Acar, Inst

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Istanbul Aydin University Vocational School of Health Services Physiotherapy

Locations

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Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Cofre Lizama LE, Pijnappels M, Faber GH, Reeves PN, Verschueren SM, van Dieen JH. Age effects on mediolateral balance control. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 28;9(10):e110757. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110757. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25350846 (View on PubMed)

Corriveau H, Hebert R, Raiche M, Prince F. Evaluation of postural stability in the elderly with stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 Jul;85(7):1095-101. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.023.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15241756 (View on PubMed)

Era P, Sainio P, Koskinen S, Haavisto P, Vaara M, Aromaa A. Postural balance in a random sample of 7,979 subjects aged 30 years and over. Gerontology. 2006;52(4):204-13. doi: 10.1159/000093652.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16849863 (View on PubMed)

Suzuki Y, Yatoh S, Suzuki H, Tanabe Y, Shimizu Y, Hada Y, Shimano H. Age-dependent changes in dynamic standing-balance ability evaluated quantitatively using a stabilometer. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Jan;30(1):86-91. doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.86. Epub 2018 Jan 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29410573 (View on PubMed)

Ericksen H, Gribble PA. Sex differences, hormone fluctuations, ankle stability, and dynamic postural control. J Athl Train. 2012 Mar-Apr;47(2):143-8. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-47.2.143.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22488279 (View on PubMed)

Glave AP, Didier JJ, Weatherwax J, Browning SJ, Fiaud V. Testing Postural Stability: Are the Star Excursion Balance Test and Biodex Balance System Limits of Stability Tests Consistent? Gait Posture. 2016 Jan;43:225-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.09.028. Epub 2015 Oct 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26514832 (View on PubMed)

Nakagawa HB, Ferraresi JR, Prata MG, Scheicher ME. Postural balance and functional independence of elderly people according to gender and age: cross-sectional study. Sao Paulo Med J. 2017 May-Jun;135(3):260-265. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0325280217.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28746661 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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09.2019.274

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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