An observational study in Blindness Congenital, sponsored by Bahçeşehir University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-14.
Sponsored by Bahçeşehir University · Observational
The aim of this [observational study] is to examine balance in multiple aspects by comparing balance, coordination, and gait parameters between congenitally blind individuals and healthy individuals with multiple scales.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Is there a difference in balance and coordination between congenitally blind individuals and healthy individuals? comparison group: Healthy sedated individuals Participants will be asked to complete balance scales.
Visually impaired, with all corrections, individuals who have one tenth of the usual visual acuity of the seeing eye, i.e. 20/200 visual acuity or less, or whose visual angle does not exceed 20 degrees are called blind. The meaning of 20/200 is that an individual affected by visual impairment can see from 60 cm, while an individual with normal vision can see from 6 m. Narrow angle of vision means that, despite normal visual acuity, vision is limited only to the centre, 20 degrees, and objects beyond 20 degrees cannot be seen.
Balance depends on the integration of information received from proprioceptive, vestibular and visual sensory systems. It has been observed that visually impaired individuals have problems in postural stability and balance due to insufficient information from the visual system. In this study, it was aimed to compare the balance, coordination and gait parameters of congenitally visually impaired individuals and healthy sedentary individuals.
161 studies on the registry are indexed under Blindness; 33 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 38 is below the median of 64 across 45 observational studies indexed under Blindness.
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In this study, congenitally visually impaired individuals and healthy individuals aged between 18-40 years were included.
Exclusion Criteria:
Individuals with congenital visual impairment were included in this group.
Healthy sedentary individuals were included in this group.
Berg Balance Test
Berg Balance Scale was developed for postural control assessment. It includes 14 instructions and for each instruction, the patient's performance is observed and a score between 0-4 is given. It takes between 10 and 20 minutes to complete the scale
Time frame: At the baseline of the study
Plan to share: No — It can be shared at the request of the researchers.
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