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NCT Number: NCT02509455

Balance Measures During Stance and Gait: Comparison of Gyroscopic Measurements of Trunk Sway

To investigate whether an extended version of Valedo®Motion (termed Sensoro for brand management purposes), has the same trunk sway measures similar normal reference values of SwayStar. Offline data analysis of data obtained from Sensoro will be compared to data obtained by SwayStar, a highly accurate and widely accepted system for measuring balance control.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Lab for Exp Otoneurology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, 4056, Switzerland

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

John HJ Allum, DSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

+41612652041

About this study

  • Determine a long time recording (over 60s) description of any differences in the drift and noise for the 2 systems during simultaneous recordings with the systems aligned with each other at rest.
  • Compare Sensoro trunk sway measures with those of SwayStar for a battery of 17 stance and gait tasks. The tasks to range from tasks with small velocities (standing on 2 legs eyes open, ca 0.1 deg/s or eyes closed on foam ca.10 deg/s) through tandem and gait tasks with velocities of ca 70 deg/s to the most dynamic with high velocities (rising from a chair, ca 150 deg/sec).
  • Estimate the additional value of adding trunk sway values for the yaw axis as an outcome measure of balance control.
  • Estimate the advantage of adding one or two sensors on the legs to help identify gait balance events and body posture.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • self reported lack of balance problems (checked by the ability to stand on 1 leg, eyes closed, for at least 14 secs).

Exclusion criteria

  • orthopaedic problems
  • presence of diseases which cause balance problems.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Trunk sway angular velocity and displacement stance and gait tasks.

    Time frame: 1 year

    Is trunk sway angular velocity and displacement measured with SwayStar different when measured with Sensoro for a battery of stance and gait tasks

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

John HJ Allum, DSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

+41612652041

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Quantified Balance Measures During Stance and Gait: Comparison of a New Micro-mechanical Gyro-system (Sensoro Von Hocoma AG) With SwayStar (Balance Int. Innov.) for Measurements of Balance Control of Healthy Controls.

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 28, 2015
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2025

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