Effects of VHO brace treatment on the improving balance ability of lower limbs in elderly subjects with pincer nails

JRCT ID: jRCTs052210172

Registered date:10/02/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: pincer nails
• Date of first enrollment: 10/02/2022
• Target sample size: 36
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): VHO(V:virtuose, H:human, O:orthonyxie) treatment (nail braces)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: COP (central of pressure) traveled area (cm2)

Secondary Outcome

nail curve rate,
COP traveled distance(cm), deviation of COP in anterioposterior/mediolateral(%)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 65age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Include the subjects who fulfill all of the below.
(1) eldery aged over or equal to 65 years
(2) patients who consent for participating in this study, understand the procedure, and can answer the all question properly
(3) patients suffered from pincer nail and the hight index is greater than or equal to 30%

Exclude criteria

Exclude the subjects who meet any of the below.
(1) patients accompanied with ingrown nails
(2) patients needs other treatments besides VHO because of anormal nail (thickness / vulnerability) or anormal skin around a pincer nail
(3) patients with mobile restriction of lower limbs due to central nervous disease
(4) patients with mobile restriction of lower limbs due to orthopedic disease
(5) obese patients

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Takeuchi Kazuma