Postural Control During Concurrent Cognitive Tasks During Optic Flow Stimulation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age25-85
SponsorChia-Cheng Lin, PhD, PT, MSPT
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate brain activity during current visual and auditory tasks for balance control. The participants will perform cognitive, gait, and balance measures before the data collection to exclude people with neurological disorders. The participants will wear VR headset which provides visual tasks. The participants will need to maintain balance while performing concurrent visual and auditory tasks. The brain activities, reaction time, and eye-tracking data will be collected during doing our experimental tasks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
must not have any vestibular, orthopedic or neurological disorders, knee or hip replacements, reports of dizziness, low visual acuity (corrective vision less than 20/40) or require the use of an assistive device for ambulation.
Right-handed
Disqualifiers
Healthy group: have a low fall risk profile based on current available clinical balance and gait assessment tools, such as the MiniBEST and STEADI fall risk self-assessment tool and normal cognitive status using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA > 26/30)
Fall risk group: other medical issues rather than balance problems
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Optic Flow Stimulation
- Auditory Reaction Time
Treatment groups
72 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Chia-Cheng Lin, PhD, PT, MSPT
Lead sponsor
East Carolina University
Sponsor institution
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov