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Effects of Torso Weighting on Muscle Activation During Balance Tests in Individuals With and Without Multiple Sclerosis

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences · NCT06981013

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–75 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
40
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 1, 2025
Record last updated
May 20, 2025

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What the study is about

Rationale: The Balance-Based Torso-Weighting (BBTW) is a patented evaluation system that uses strategic placement of small or lightweight weights on the trunk to improve balance and stability. BBTW has been found to improve the upright mobility of people with multiple sclerosis, however the mechanism underlying the improvement of balance and gait is still unknown.1-2 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of BBTW on muscle activation of tibialis anterior and gastrocsoleus and sway using electromyography and force plates during balance tests in people with MS and healthy controls?

Being studied: balance based torso weighting

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis group:

  • self-reported diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • age 18 to 75 years old
  • able to communicate in English
  • able to provide informed consent
  • able to tolerate up to three hours of testing with rest breaks
  • able to walk 20 meters with or without assistive device and without resting (equivalent to Expanded Disability Status Scale of 6.5 or less).

Inclusion criteria for the Healthy Control group:

  • able to communicate in English
  • able to provide informed consent
  • physical criteria that matched each participant with MS which included age (within 7 years), height (within 12.7 cm [5 in]), mass (within 9.1 kg [20 lb]) and sex.

Exclusion Criteria for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis group:

  • exacerbation of MS within the past two months
  • had a diagnosis of a concurrent neurological disorder (head injury, stroke, Parkinson's disease, etc.)
  • reported pain that could be exacerbated by external perturbations during standing.

Exclusion Criteria for Healthy control group:

  • Known diagnoses
  • current pain that could affect balance.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

    Saint Augustine, FL 32086

    Site contact: Amie Marie F Jasper, DPT, PhD · 904-770-3482 · amjasper@usa.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Amie F Jasper, DPT, PhD · 904-770-3482 · amjasper@usa.edu
  • Evan Pucillo · 9047703549 · epucillo@usa.edu
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