Can you sense motion? new study seeks answers for balance disorders
NCT ID NCT04142697
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study measures how well people with and without vestibular (balance) disease can sense motion through vision and balance. Researchers hope to learn how aging and disease change motion perception. About 300 healthy adults and patients with balance disorders will participate in motion sensitivity tests.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: Healthy subjects: * general good health Vestibular Disease patients: * general good health * specific unilateral or bilateral vestibular loss Exclusion Criteria: Healthy subjects: * subjects who are institutionalized or otherwise not self-sufficient. * enduring sequelae due to diseases of the nervous system, eyes, ears, head and neck, and limbs, except for changes commensurate with normal aging (e.g. presbyacusic hearing loss, mild cataract, etc.). * abnormal cognitive function, which if in question can be determined as a score of \<27 on the Mini-Mental State test. * corrected visual acuity worse than 20/20 up to age 65, worse than 20/40 if \>65 * abnormal binocular stereo-acuity or visual fields. * any defects in cranial nerve, oculomotor, cerebellar/coordination, and somatosensory functions. * any abnormal oculomotor and vestibular function (caloric tests) Vestibular Disease patients: * Inability to perform the study tasks due to sensory, motor, or postural limitations
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Rochester Medical Center
RECRUITINGRochester, New York, 14618, United States
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