Fractal: Walking in a treadmill while synchronizing their steps with fractal external visual cues
Isochronous: Walking in a treadmill while synchronizing their steps with isochronous external visual cues
Control: Walking in a treadmill
Study summary
The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of walking with external visual cues on brain adaptations.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
60 Years
Max age
100 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Exclusion Criteria:
* Neurologic conditions;
* Lower limb disabilities or disease;
* Not able to provide informed consent;
* Unable to walk unassisted for 10-minutes continuously;
* Score below 24 in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE);
* Have a history of falls in the prior six months;
* Have an implanted device (e.g., pacemakers);
* Medication advised against the application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Fractal scaling exponent (α) changes from baseline (PRE to POS, PRE to FUP, POS to FUP) both within and between Fractal, Isochronous and Control groups. — PRE (baseline), POS (4 weeks after), FUP (8 weeks after) The fractal scaling exponent quantifies the complexity of a physiological signal and detects the presence of statistical persistence in a given time series. This parameter is calculated using Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) from each time series (stride time and stride length).
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Egas Moniz School of Health and Science
Almada
Monte de Caparica
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