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Gait Modifications and Cutaneous Stimulation

The purpose of this study is to quantify differences in joint mechanics between different types of walking in healthy individuals and individuals with knee pathology. The investigators will determine how modifying gait through feedback and/or cutaneous stimulation changes joint loading.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • device: Cutaneous stimulation

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - BMI < 35 kg/m^2

   - For knee pathology subjects: Diagnosis of knee pathology (e.g. knee osteoarthritis,
   ACL injury, etc) and/or knee pain

   - Full weight-bearing status

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Non-ambulatory

   - Use of walking aid

   - For healthy volunteers - history of surgical intervention at any joint of the lower
   extremity

   - Inability to cooperate with study protocol due to medical or psychiatric reasons

   - Inability to provide informed consent

   - For healthy subjects: Any diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis or knee pain

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - 80 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Jennifer Hledik, PhD
650-723-5793
Not Recruiting