What this means
This is a trial that is still signing up people, so no results exist yet. It will test whether vibration can help balance after a trip, but we do not know the answer.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 1 site, including New Jersey
The science
- Registered title
- Vibratory Stimulation to Improve Balance Recovery
- Trial ID
- NCT05702801 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Fall, Fall Injury
- What is tested
- Stochastic Vibratory Stimulation (SVS)
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jan 27, 2023 · updated Jul 8, 2026
Registry summary
Falls are the primary cause of traumatic injury in older adults, and tripping is the leading cause of falls. A robust method for improving aging-related proprioceptive deficits is lacking, while strong evidence shows that proprioception deficits are highly associated with poor balance recovery from tripping. Previous research suggested that stochastic vibratory stimulation (SVS) can influence proprioception (i.e., muscle spindle function) among healthy controls; however, it is not clear how older adults with deficits in muscle spindle function would react to SVS. In previous work the investigators showed promising findings of standing balance and timed-up-and-go (TUG) improvements using SVS among high fall risk older adults with history of fall 15-18. They will implement SVS in the current project to improve aging-related proprioceptive deficits. The hypothesis is that SVS improves muscle spindle function and balance recovery from tripping in older adults with proprioceptive deficits.
Sites (1)
- Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States