Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Right Lower Limb Orthopedic Immobilization on Braking Function

Lead Sponsor:

Université de Sherbrooke

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

BSN Medical Inc

Conditions:

Automobile Driving With an Aircast Walker

Automobile Driving With a Walking Cast

Eligibility:

All Genders

25-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Research on the implications of orthopedic injury and surgery on automobile driving ability has been limited. Only a handful of orthopedic issues have been studied to date, especially the safe postope...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy subjects between 25 to 60 years old
  • Possession of a valid Quebec driver's license
  • Driving for at least 5 years
  • Exclusively use the right foot for accelerating and braking

Exclusion

  • Visual acuity deficits or other visual problems uncompensated
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse
  • Use of psychotropic drugs
  • Any illness of the central nervous system such as epilepsy
  • Sleep disorders
  • Metabolic problems
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Psychiatric illness
  • Renal disease
  • Musculoskeletal disease
  • Motion sickness

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

14 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01171287

Start Date

September 1 2008

End Date

April 1 2014

Last Update

June 8 2015

Active Locations (2)

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Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 4C4

2

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4