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Clinical trialNCT05734443CompletedInterventional

Effects of Task-Specific Step Training on Reactive Balance

SponsorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityEnrollment30Accidental Fall
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Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate a novel and pragmatic (i.e., not requiring specialized equipment) task-specific step training regimen that aims to improve reactive balance after tripping. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does this step training regimen improve reactive balance after tripping compared to no training? * How well does this step training regimen improve reactive balance compared to treadmill training, which is a more commonly studied reactive balance training regimen that uses a specialized treadmill. Participants will: * complete step training or treadmill training (or no training if assigned to the control group) twice a week for three weeks * experience a laboratory-induced trip three weeks later to evaluate their reactive balance

Investigators

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  • Michael L. Madigan, PhD

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
1 Nov 2022
Primary completion
1 Aug 2023
Completion
1 Aug 2023
Last update posted
24 Sept 2025
Registered enrollment
30
Registry id
NCT05734443

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.