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title: Improve side to side balance
nct_id: NCT07568951
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
study_type: OBSERVATIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT07568951"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07568951"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:03:22.609Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Improve side to side balance

**Goal (in five words):** Improve side to side balance

**Official Title:** Impact of Force Control of Hip Abductor Muscles on Postural Control in Middle-aged and Older Adults and Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT07568951](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07568951)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- **Target Enrollment:** 210 participants
- **Start Date:** 2023-08-01
- **Completion Date:** 2029-07-31
- **Conditions:** Aging, Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- **Interventions:** Age, Parkinson's disease (PD)
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

It asks whether the ability to finely control force in the hip abductor muscles helps keep people upright, and whether problems with that control contribute to balance loss in aging and Parkinson's. Participants will do tests that measure how accurately they can produce sideways hip muscle force and how that relates to standing and walking balance, since hip abductors stabilize the pelvis and reduce side-to-side sway. Adults aged 20 to 85 are being enrolled in age groups, and people with idiopathic Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 to 3 on stable medications who can walk 10 meters independently are also eligible, while those with other neurological or musculoskeletal conditions, lower limb pain, or uncontrolled heart problems are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 20 Years
- **Maximum age:** 85 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Healthy people

Inclusion Criteria:

* 20 to 39 years (young), 40 to 59 years (young), and 60-85 years (old)
* generally in good health
* able to walk 10 m independently
* able to follow all instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

* neurologic, psychiatric, immune, integumentary, and musculoskeletal diseases or disorders which might influence this study
* any pain over the lower extremities
* uncontrolled cardiovascular diseases
* unable to provide informed consent.

PD

Inclusion Criteria:

* clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD
* Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 to 3
* stable anti-PD medications
* able to walk 10 m independently
* able to follow all instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

* psychiatric, immune, integumentary, and musculoskeletal diseases or disorders which might influence this study
* neurological conditions other than PD
* any pain over the lower extremities
* uncontrolled cardiovascular diseases
* unable to provide informed consent.
```

## Locations (2)

- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan _(24.9937, 121.2970)_
  - Chu-Ling Yen — (CONTACT) — 886-3-2118800 — clyen@mail.cgu.edu.tw
- Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan _(24.9937, 121.2970)_
  - Chu-Ling Yen — (CONTACT) — 886-3-2118800 — clyen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

## Central Contacts

- Chu-Ling Yen — (CONTACT) — 886-3-2118800 — clyen@mail.cgu.edu.tw

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