NCT04050774: BaCoMech

Standing Balance Control Across the Lifespan

Completed NA Last updated 3 August 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Balance boards in Children, Adult in 41 participants. Completed in 1 April 2021.

Timeline

21 November 2018

Primary endpoint
1 April 2021

1 April 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Hasselt University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	41
Start date	21 November 2018
Primary completion	1 April 2021
Estimated completion	1 April 2021
Sites	1 location across Belgium

Drugs / interventions tested

• Balance boards

Conditions studied

• Children, Adult — all drugs for Children, Adult →

Sponsor

Hasselt University

Who can join

Adults 6 to 80, any sex, with Children, Adult. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Falls are the leading cause of nonfatal injuries in children and elderly. To understand the causes of falling in these populations, fundamental knowledge of how ageing affects balance control is of utmost importance.

In general, two biomechanical mechanisms allow people to control balance; 1.moving the center of pressure within the base of support using ankle muscle activation; 2.counter-rotating segments around the center of mass. To understand how balance is controlled differently across the lifespan, 4 age groups (each N=20) will be compared to each other; i.e. prepubertal children (6-9y), postpubertal children (15-17y), young adults (18-24y), healthy non-falling older adults (65-80y). .

A force plate platform combined with 3D movement registration will be used to determine the biomechanical balance control strategy across the lifespan during unperturbed and perturbed standing. The innovative but focused scope of this study could provide a breakthrough in our biomechanical understanding of balance control and, in particular, the changes in limitations of balance control in childhood and an ageing (fall-prone) population. The gained fundamental knowledge could lead to unprecedented insights in the causes of falling across the lifespan and in possible targets for intervention.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.