The aim of the study is to test whether wearing a weighted jacket can help improve the balance distortion of patients with neurologic pathologies. The center of mass of the patient will be analyzed in order to determine the direction in which the imbalance is most important. Weights will be placed accordingly in a jacket in order to correct the imbalance. In the experimental group, weights will represent 1.5 to 2% of the patient body mass. In the control group, the investigators will use weights of 200 grams maximum, placed evenly on both sides of the jacket. Patients will wear the jacket for 2 consecutive hours. After wearing the jacket for 2 hours, data similar to those recorded at the beginning of the experiment will be taken again, namely the determination of the center of mass and of the deviations caused by the imbalance. A final series of tests will take place approximately one week after wearing the jacket, to determine if there are any residual effects.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
17
Patients in this group will wear a jacket with weights (1,5 to 2% of the total body mass) strategically placed in order to correct their imbalance.
Patients in this group will wear a jacket with weights (200 grams maximum) evenly distributed.
CHU Brugmann
Brussels, Belgium
Imbalance
The side towards which the patient is more likely to be unbalanced is determined by an interactive balance linked to the Wii-fit.
Time frame: Data measured after 2 hours of jacket utilisation
Time Up and Go
The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. It measures the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down.
Time frame: Data measured after 2 hours of jacket utilisation
Tinetti test
The Tinetti test or score is a simple, reproducible way of assessing the risk of falls.
Time frame: Data measured after 2 hours of jacket utilisation
Berg balance scale
The Berg balance scale includes 14 tests that assess static balance and dynamic balance.
Time frame: Data measured after 2 hours of jacket utilisation
Imbalance
The side towards which the patient is more likely to be unbalanced is determined by an interactive balance linked to the Wii-fit.
Time frame: 1 week after jacket utilisation
Time Up and Go
The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. It measures the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down.
Time frame: 1 week after jacket utilisation
Tinetti test
The Tinetti test or score is a simple, reproducible way of assessing the risk of falls.
Time frame: 1 week after jacket utilisation
Berg balance scale
The Berg balance scale includes 14 tests that assess static balance and dynamic balance.
Time frame: 1 week after jacket utilisation
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