Active clinical trials for "Mobility Limitation"

The purpose of this research study is to test the utility of an ankle robot in people with ankle weakness and foot drop from a peripheral nervous system injury due to neuromuscular or orthopedic injury.

Declines in cognitive function and walking function are highly intertwined in older adults. A therapeutic approach that combines complex (cognitively engaging) aerobic walking exercise with non-invasive electrical brain stimulation may be effective at restoring lost function. This study tests whether electrical stimulation of prefrontal brain regions is more beneficial than sham stimulation.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of Activate Bailando, a 6-week community-based dance class offered in Spanish to older adults. 20 older adults in the Madison, Wisconsin area who are enrolled in Activate Bailando will complete a pre-and post-program test within 10 days for program start and completion.

The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of using behavioral economic interventions (gamification with social incentives) to increase physical activity after hospital discharge to reduce incident mobility disability among older adults.

During hospitalisations, older inpatients commonly face issues such as immobility, loss of independence, and functional decline. This leads them down the cascade of dependency with consequent increased risk of adverse outcomes, institutionalisation as well as higher post-acute care costs. The investigators hypothesize that by implementing a mobility intervention in the inpatient setting, patients would be able to maintain their function upon discharge and avoid the cascade of dependency. As such, the investigators aim to do this by implementing and evaluating a mobility intervention, while optimising reversible factors affecting mobility among inpatients admitted to a geriatric unit in Singapore. The investigators will also examine the cost impact of a mobility focused model of care and also adopt the effectiveness-implementation hybrid Type 2 design where both effectiveness and implementation spheres are tested simultaneously.

This study will examine the impact of a 10-week crossover urban park intervention on the emotional well-being of people with mobility impairments. Outcomes between 5 weeks of sensory engagement activity (i.e., enjoy sights, sounds; primarily sedentary) and 5 weeks of physical activity (i.e., wheeling/walking on trail) while in the park will be compared.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement and posture disorder caused by an injury to the developing brain, with a prevalence in Sweden of about 2/1000 live births. Children with CP have walking difficulties, and decreased muscle mass and muscle function as compared to typically developing (TD) children. The extent of disability in CP depends on the severity and timing of the primary cerebral lesion and can be classified with the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS E&R) that ranges from walking without limitations (I) to being transported in a wheelchair (V). Muscle function commonly deteriorates with age and contracture development is often clinically evident as early as at 4 years of age. In addition to being thinner and weaker, skeletal muscle in children with CP develop poor quality, i.e., increasingly higher amounts of fat and connective tissue at the expense of functional, contractile proteins. How long-term standard treatments for children with spastic CP including, training and orthotics use, with botulinum toxin (BoNT-A) treatment as an adjunct, affects muscle on functional, structural, and microscopic level in CP has not yet been published. Therefore, we will investigate the muscle function as well as functional mobility, structure, and spasticity. We will conduct functional mobility tests. Muscle strength will be measured with a rig-fixed dynamometer, and muscle structure will be measured with magnetic resonance imaging. The spasticity will be instrumentally assessed by the NeuroflexorTM, a machine measuring resistance in a muscle when a pedal is passively moving the participants foot at two different speeds. We will follow participants, for 1 year, with 4 measurements during this period. In order to better treat these children, we need to better understand the complex, interrelated interactions of musculoskeletal properties and function in children with CP. Our hypothesis is that muscle structure and function is affected by standard clinical treatments sessions including routine botulinum toxin treatment. Analyzing the effect of standard care may help planning of more effective clinical treatments in the future.

Researchers aim to compare demographic characteristics, prosthesis type, functional capacity, and quality of life between faller and non-faller transtibial amputees.

The prevalence of walking disorders in the elderly is high. These can lead to falls which represent a major public health issue in terms of hospitalization, morbidity and cost. Numerous studies analyzing the link between spatio-temporal parameters of gait and fall have already been carried out, but most have been carried out in a population of elderly patients living at home and having no or few comorbidities. Very few studies have been carried out in a population of frail elderly people, with multiple comorbidities or multiple medication, which is the case with most patients hospitalized in acute geriatrics. The objective of the study is to evaluate the spatio-temporal parameters of walking using the GAITRite® mat in patients hospitalized in acute geriatrics and to compare them between a population of falling patients and a population of patients. no faller.

This study investigates the effectiveness of SIMPLI.REHAB, a digital tool employed as an interface for administering occupational rehabilitation programs to patients diagnosed with Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis. Both of these conditions are inflammatory joint disorders capable of causing significant morphofunctional alterations in the hands, especially in their advanced stages. The introduction of digital technology emerges as a complementary tool when implementing rehabilitation programs. Utilizing a prospective, longitudinal, single-blinded experimental study, 35 patients will be allocated into two groups: one receiving a complementary digital intervention through SIMPLI.REHAB and the other through a conventional rehabilitation program. Each group consists of six patients and the program spans seven weeks, focusing on therapeutic exercises, training in manual dexterity, and motor coordination, among other interventions, led by a Physiatrist. The study intends to measure outcomes based on functionality scores, pain, disease activity, joint range, grip, pinch strength, and manual dexterity, both before and after each intervention, in order to ascertain the efficacy of integrating dynamic content through the digital tool SIMPLI.REHAB, as a supplementary resource in occupational rehabilitation programs. The potential limitations of the study include potential losses of follow-up and difficulties in assessing adherence to the digital tool precisely. Nonetheless, the digital tool aims to augment functional gains in rehabilitation programs by providing patients with accessible dynamic content of home-based strategies.