Status:
COMPLETED
Optimizing Ankle Exoskeleton Assistance for Walking Across the Life Span
Lead Sponsor:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Aging
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators seek to determine whether ankle exoskeletons can reduce metabolic energy expenditure during walking for users across the age-spectrum.
Detailed Description
Older adults walk with greater metabolic rates than young adults. Growing evidence suggests that the greater older adult metabolic rates are related to the structural properties of their lower leg tis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects must be able to walk for 60 minutes in a 90-minute time frame.
- Subjects are apparently free of cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal disease, which includes no signs or symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular, metabolic or renal disease.
- Subjects have no current musculoskeletal injury.
- Subjects need to be either 18-45 or 65+ years old.
- These criteria meet the American College of Sports Medicine's 2015 guidelines for participant health screening prior to joining a moderate or moderate-to-vigorous exercise protocol. (Riebe et al., 2015).
Exclusion
- Have dementia or an inability to give informed consent
- Have a musculoskeletal injury or feel pain while walking
- Have a history of dizziness and/or balance problems
- Have cardiovascular, heart, metabolic, or renal disease, or respiratory problems
- Smoke cigarettes
- Asthma
- Feel pain or discomfort in the chest, neck, jaw, arms during rest or exercise
- Have orthopnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
- Have ankle edema
- Have palpitations or tachycardia
- Have a heart murmur
- Have had a heart attack
- Have diabetes
- Have a pace maker
- Have unusual shortness of breath with usual activities
- Are \<18 or 46-64 years of age
- Do not speak or understand English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 4 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 23 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04033146
Start Date
February 4 2020
End Date
May 23 2023
Last Update
June 21 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Physiology of Wearable Robotics Laboratory (Georgia Tech)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30332