NCT06981013Recruiting
Effects of Torso Weighting on Muscle Activation During Balance Tests in Individuals With and Without Multiple Sclerosis
Effects of Balance-based Torso Weighting on Muscle Activation During Balance Tests in Individuals With and Without Multiple Sclerosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 May 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Rationale: The Balance-Based Torso-Weighting (BBTW) is a patented evaluation system that uses strategic placement of small or lightweight weights on the trunk to improve balance and stability. BBTW has been found to improve the upright mobility of people with multiple sclerosis, however the mechanism underlying the improvement of balance and gait is still unknown.1-2 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of BBTW on muscle activation of tibialis anterior and gastrocsoleus and sway using electromyography and force plates during balance tests in people with MS and healthy controls?
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
- Diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- NCT number
- NCT06981013
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From 1 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- had a diagnosis of a concurrent neurological disorder (head injury, stroke, Parkinson's disease, etc.)
Other
- exacerbation of MS within the past two months
- reported pain that could be exacerbated by external perturbations during standing.
- Known diagnoses
- current pain that could affect balance.
Who the study is looking for
- self-reported diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS)
- age 18 to 75 years old
- able to communicate in English
- able to provide informed consent
- able to tolerate up to three hours of testing with rest breaks
- able to walk 20 meters with or without assistive device and without resting (equivalent to Expanded Disability Status Scale of 6.5 or less).
- able to communicate in English
- able to provide informed consent
- physical criteria that matched each participant with MS which included age (within 7 years), height (within 12.7 cm \[5 in\]), mass (within 9.1 kg \[20 lb\]) and sex.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint Augustine | United States | Recruiting |
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