Effects of Right Lower Limb Orthopedic Immobilization on Braking Function
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01171287 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: July 28, 2010
Last Update Posted
: June 8, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Automobile Driving With an Aircast Walker Automobile Driving With a Walking Cast | Procedure: Driving with an Aircast Walker Procedure: Driving with a walking cast Procedure: Driving with a running shoe | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 14 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Effects of Right Lower Limb Orthopedic Immobilization on Braking Function : An On-the-Road Experimental Study by Healthy Volunteers |
Study Start Date : | September 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Aircast Walker
Automobile driving with an Aircast Walker applied to each participant's right lower extremity
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Procedure: Driving with an Aircast Walker |
Experimental: Walking cast
Automobile driving with a walking cast applied to each participant's right lower extremity
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Procedure: Driving with a walking cast |
Active Comparator: Running shoe
Automobile driving with a running shoe applied to each participant's right lower extremity
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Procedure: Driving with a running shoe |
- Braking performances during real-time driving. [ Time Frame: Two years. ]The braking performances are assessed using (1) the median foot movement time, (2) the median brake reaction time and (3) the median total braking time.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 60 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 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 Criteria:
- 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

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01171287
Canada, Quebec | |
Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement | |
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 4C4 | |
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke | |
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4 |
Principal Investigator: | Francois Cabana, MD | Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke |
Responsible Party: | Francois Cabana, Doctor, Université de Sherbrooke |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01171287 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Erica 02 |
First Posted: | July 28, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 8, 2015 |
Last Verified: | June 2015 |
Keywords provided by Francois Cabana, Université de Sherbrooke:
Automobile Driving Fracture Fixation/instrumentation Lower Extremity Orthopedic Fixation Devices |
Orthopedic Procedures Reaction Time Task Performance and Analysis Time Factors |