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Sensor Ankle Brace for Special Operations Rehabilitation

This study is testing a new version of the TayCo Brace, Inc. Athletic X Ankle Brace (sXAB) that has special sensors built into it. Researchers want to see if these sensors can accurately measure how people walk, balance, and move. They will compare the sXAB's measurements to those from standard research equipment. This study is for healthy adults between 18 and 40 years old who are cleared for exercise. The main goal is to see if the sXAB's sensors work well enough to be used in future studies. The study is currently recruiting participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 60 participants. It is designed to test a device's feasibility, not health outcomes.
What's involved
You would visit the Indiana University Bloomington campus for enrollment and study procedures. These procedures will be completed within one week after you join the study.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your participation in the study procedures will be completed within one week after enrollment.

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NCT07085416

Sensor Ankle Brace for Special Operations Rehabilitation - Phase 1

Completed
NAAges 18–40Interventional
Indiana University
~20 participants
Updated 2026-08-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Sensor-enabled Athletic X Ankle Brace (sXAB)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Validation of kinematic data collected by the sensor-enabled ankle brace (sXAB)
Measured over At study visit(s), completed up to 1 week after enrollment
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Gait
Balance
Biomechanical Data
Postural Control
Locomotion

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Indiana University, School of Public Health - Bloomington

    Bloomington, Indianano site contact published

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Allison H Gruber, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Indiana University

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Healthy adults: ages 18 - 40 years
considered "healthy to exercise" as determined by the physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Exclusion

Smoking tobacco on a regular basis
Previous lower back or lower limb surgery (including the joints of the pelvis and lower limbs)
Musculoskeletal injury sustained within the 12-weeks prior to enrollment . A musculoskeletal injury is defined as musculoskeletal pain causing a reduction or stoppage of normal physical activity for at least 3 days within a 7-day period, and have not returned to their normal physical activity and exercise without pain for at least the last 6-weeks.
Pregnant (women only)
Current or history of an unresolved musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, pulmonary/respiratory, metabolic, renal condition, disease, or problem.
Torn anterior or posterior cruciate ligament (ACL or PCL).
Any other disease or problems that may affect movement or the ability to exercise even at a low intensity.

What this trial measures

  • Validation of kinematic data collected by the sensor-enabled ankle brace (sXAB)At study visit(s), completed up to 1 week after enrollment

    This outcome evaluates whether kinematic data collected using the sensor-enabled ankle brace (sXAB) are sufficiently accurate and reliable compared to gold-standard laboratory systems (motion capture, force plates, and research-grade IMUs). Agreement will be assessed using validation testing across variables (e.g., sagittal plane ankle joint angles, range of motion), which will be aggregated into a single validation score for kinematics by taking the average and standard deviation across variables. Data are collected during brace and no-brace conditions across multiple movement tasks. Validation is supported if validation criteria are met for all core variables.

  • Validation of spatiotemporal data collected by the sensor-enabled ankle brace (sXAB)At study visit(s), completed up to 1 week after enrollment

    This outcome evaluates whether spatiotemporal parameters collected using the sensor-enabled ankle brace (sXAB) are sufficiently accurate and reliable compared to gold-standard laboratory systems (motion capture, force plates, and research-grade IMUs). Agreement will be assessed using validation testing across variables (e.g., stance time, stride length, gait speed), which will be aggregated into a single validation score for spatiotemporal parameters by taking the average and standard deviation across variables. Data are collected during brace and no-brace conditions across multiple movement tasks. Validation is supported if validation criteria are met for all core variables.