About this trial
The aim of this study is to design an instrumented test for the evaluation of the climb of stairs. In particular, the main purpose is to characterize and compare the performance of subjects, both pediatrics and adults, with different pathologies (cerebral palsy, amputee, Parkinson's disease, stroke and arthroplasty) in carrying out the instrumented test of climbing and descending stairs. This would provide potentially useful information to complement the clinical assessment, including investigating the existence of correlations between the instrumental data obtained and the clinical scales collected. The secondary objective is to evaluate, in a first phase of the study, the feasibility and reliability of the test, analyzing the validity of the indices obtained in terms of intra- and inter-operator reliability on healthy subjects.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
Need for help from an operator or use of orthoses to make the stairs;
Inability to dress the instrumentation (accelerometer/electromyograph);
clinical condition that does not recommend the execution of scales (e.g. NYHA Class IV cardiovascular decompensation, epilepsy not controlled by drugs, serious visual disturbances...);
inability to follow verbal instructions.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Instrumented Stair Climb Test
- Walk Test
- Repaeted Instrumented Stair Climb Test
Treatment groups
8
Treatment groupsSee each treatment group below.
Sponsors and collaborators
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Lead sponsor
Politecnico di Milano
Collaborator
ASP Istituti Milanesi Martinitt e Stelline e Pio Albergo Trivulzio
Collaborator
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Collaborator