Implementation and Validation of Instrumented Stair Climb Test

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-80
SponsorIRCCS Eugenio Medea

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

64 Participants
are divided into 8 treatment groups

8

Treatment groups

See 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