Multisensory Augmentation for Post-stroke Standing Balance

Part of paid clinical trials in Charleston, South Carolina.

Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Study ID
NCT05760885
Phase
EARLY_PHASE1
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
21 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Balance training with sensory augmentation — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will complete 20 balance training sessions, in which they are required to keep their balance while standing on a platform that translates under their feet. During training, sensory augmentation will be delivered with an intensity controlled in real-time by their center of pressure motion. The difficulty of the balance training task will progressively increase over successive training sessions.
  • Balance training — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will complete 20 balance training sessions, in which they are required to keep their balance while standing on a platform that translates under their feet. During training, no sensory stimulation will be delivered. The difficulty of the balance training task will progressively increase over successive training sessions.

Study Details

Many individuals who experience a stroke have problems with their balance. In part, these balance problems may be due to sensory issues. This study will test whether sensory augmentation has the potential to improve post-stroke balance. Sensory augmentation is a method by which non-invasive vibration is used to enhance the sensory information available to users, which may make it easier to feel where they are and prevent losses of balance.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 14, 2025
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2027
Completion
Jan 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
36 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Sensory Augmentation
    Participants will receive sensory augmentation in the form of non-invasive vibration, while balance training is performed as described below.
  • Active Comparator: Control
    Participants will receive balance training, without any sensory augmentation.

Primary Outcome Measure

Berg Balance Scale score change [ Time Frame: Before and after a 10-week period of balance training ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SCCharlestonSouth Carolina29401-5703
Jesse C Dean, PhD
[email protected]
843-792-9566
Aaron E Embry, DPT
[email protected]
(843) 792-8198
Jesse C. Dean, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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By specialty
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