Restoring Skill in Walking

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Mobility Limitation

In brief

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of an intervention to improve walking based on motor learning (skill-based) compared to the usual intervention (strength, flexibility and balance-based) on clinical, psychological and laboratory measures of walking and balance of older adults with mobility disability (walking problems).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00177359

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

48

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-12-13

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 65 years of age and older
• Ambulatory (with or without a straight cane, and without the assistance of another person)
• Have written approval/clearance of their physician to participate in low to moderate intensity, supervised exercise as is characteristic of the interventions for improving gait.
• Difficulty with walking or balance as indicated by the following two criteria during baseline testing:
• mild to moderate slowing of walking speed (walking speed ≥ .6m/s and ≤ 1.0m/s) and,
• gait variability (step length coefficient of variability, CV > 4.5%, or step width CV < 7% or > 30%)

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.