Evaluating Stairway Designs for Individuals With Vision Impairment
This study is looking at how different patterns of contrast (like bright strips) on stair steps affect how older adults, with and without vision problems, clear their feet when going up and down stairs. Researchers want to see if changing these contrast patterns can help reduce the risk of falls. You might be able to join if you are 65 or older, travel independently, and are comfortable using stairs. The main goal is to measure how well people clear their toes and heels, and how often their toes come too close to the steps, when using stairs with different contrast markings. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 65 participants. It will compare individuals with and without visual impairments.
- What's involved
- You will attend one visit where your vision will be checked, and you will go up and down laboratory stairs with different contrast patterns.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your toe and heel clearance will be measured during your single visit, through study completion, which is an average of 1 year.
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Evaluating Stairway Designs for Individuals With Vision Impairment
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07337317
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.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabamastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
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
- Sara A Harper, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Alabama in Huntsville
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Toe clearancevisit 1, through study completion, an average of 1 year
Toe, foot vertical clearance on stair steps
- Heel clearancevisit 1, through study completion, an average of 1 year
heel, foot horizontal clearance on stair steps
- Frequency of <5mm toe clearancesvisit 1, through study completion, an average of 1 year
how often \<5mm toe clearances occur
- Frequency of <5mm heel clearancesvisit 1, through study completion, an average of 1 year
how often \<5mm toe clearances occur