Human Movement Database

Part of paid clinical trials in Bethesda, Maryland.

Sponsor
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Study ID
NCT00001252
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Movement Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
1 Month - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Study Details

This study will collect information on the different ways people control limb and body movements. This information will be used to develop a database on normal movements and adaptive movements of people who have diseases that affect the way they move. The database will serve as a tool to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with movement-related problems. Volunteers from one month old to old age who have normal movement patterns or who have developed different ways to perform movement tasks may be eligible for this study. A physician or physical therapist will screen candidates to determine their strength, flexibility and range of motion of joints. Participants will be asked to perform movements such as walking, walking up or down stairs, standing quietly or reaching for an object or using treadmill. For the test, the arms and legs are wrapped with a soft, rubber-like material to which small plastic reflective balls are attached. A piece of firm material called a shell may be attached to the rubber sleeves or other areas of the body. Then the volunteer performs the specified task several times while special cameras record the movement. These cameras will record the positions of the reflective balls during movement and may show the person s face or body. Electrical activity in the muscles also may be measured, using small metal electrodes attached to the surface of the skin with an adhesive bandage.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 13, 1995
Status verified
Feb 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
7,500 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: healthy volunteer
    Normal/healthy volunteers
  • Arm: Impaired volunteer
    volunteers with impairments of the neuromusculoskeletal system.

Primary Outcome Measure

Gait Kinematics [ Time Frame: end of testing ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterBethesdaMaryland20892
For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR)
[email protected]
800-411-1222

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