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Implementation and Validation of Instrumented Stair Climb Test
Led by IRCCS Eugenio Medea · Updated on 2026-02-27
64
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
52 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Lead Sponsor
P
Politecnico di Milano
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this study is to design an instrumented test for the evaluation of the climb of stairs. In particular, the main purpose is to characterize and compare the performance of subjects, both pediatrics and adults, with different pathologies (cerebral palsy, amputee, Parkinson's disease, stroke and arthroplasty) in carrying out the instrumented test of climbing and descending stairs. This would provide potentially useful information to complement the clinical assessment, including investigating the existence of correlations between the instrumental data obtained and the clinical scales collected. The secondary objective is to evaluate, in a first phase of the study, the feasibility and reliability of the test, analyzing the validity of the indices obtained in terms of intra- and inter-operator reliability on healthy subjects.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Implementation and Validation of Instrumented Stair Climb Test
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ability to climb and descend 10 steps with supervision, even with handrail support
- Age 4 to 80 years
- No diagnosis of neurological or orthopedic conditions impairing mobility (for healthy group)
- Diagnosis of Infantile Cerebral Palsy with right or left hemiparesis and motor skills levels I - III (for PCI group, ages 4-18)
- Postoperative hip or knee arthroplasty patients aged 65-80 years (for Orthopaedic group)
- Leg amputation (trans-tibial) with limb prosthesis, aged 19-80 years (for Amputee group)
- Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, aged 65 years and older (for Parkinson's group)
- Aftereffects of Ictus Cerebri with left or right hemiparesis, aged 65-80 years (for Ictus Cerebri group)
You will not qualify if you...
- Need for help from an operator or use of orthoses to climb stairs
- Inability to wear instrumentation devices such as accelerometers or electromyographs
- Clinical conditions contraindicating the tests (e.g., severe cardiovascular decompensation, uncontrolled epilepsy, serious visual disturbances)
- Inability to follow verbal instructions
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
IRCCS E. Medea
Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy, 23842
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2
ASP Istituti Milanesi Martinitt e Stelline e Pio Albergo Trivulzio
Milan, Milano, Italy, 20146
Actively Recruiting
3
IRCCS Istituti Clinici Maugeri Tradate
Tradate, Varese, Italy, 21049
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Giovanni Pintabona, Medicine
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
8
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