Payment Amount: $125.00
Time Commitment: Two sessions one month apart. Each session will be approximately 2 hours.
Study Title: Assessment of Gait Adaptation due to an Asymmetric Walking Protocol
Purpose: To learn how individuals adopt new gait dynamics in response to altered gait patterns. To accomplish this goal, we will use an instrumented split-belt treadmill, 12 camera motion capture system, and wearable sensors to measure joint motion and muscle function during an asymmetric walking protocol.
Participant Restrictions: Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years old. We are currently accepting participants that have undergone ACL reconstruction in the past. ACL reconstruction participants must have been cleared to return to walking and running activities by their physician. Participants will be excluded if they are unable to walk for extended periods of time.
Research Location: The research study will be conducted in the Human Performance Laboratory located in Gampel 104, in Gampel Pavilion on the UConn Storrs Campus.
Study Summary: Participants will be asked to wear spandex shorts and a spandex top for data collections. They will have the choice of supplying their own or borrowing a set from the lab. Before beginning, participants will be outfitted with motion capture markers and wireless EMG sensors. During the data collection they will perform mostly walking trials and a few jogging trials. Some of the walking trials will be performed with asymmetric speeds between limbs (one treadmill belt will be moving faster than the other).
For More Information Contact: Kristin Morgan (kristin.2.morgan@uconn.edu)
This study was approved by the IRB, Protocol #H21-0176
For more information, contact: Kristin Morgan at kristin.2.morgan@uconn.edu