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Can an app change my health?
We are investigating the effectiveness of video-based apps in healthcare settings. We are looking for people to test these apps!
Eligibility
Currently recruiting participants: Yes
Eligible gender: Male, Female, Transgender, Other
Eligible ages: 18 to 99
Accepts healthy participants: Yes
Inclusion criteria:
- Currently using a walking aid ≥ 5 days/week.
- Has been a walking aid user for ≥ 3 months.
Exclusion criteria:
- Self-identify as being unable to comfortably communicate in English.
- Self-identify as having significant visual impairment that would affect their ability to use an app that involves watching videos.
- Use a wheelchair, walking poles, or a knee scooter for ≥ 75% of the time for mobility.
- Experiences shortness of breath when taking a flight of stairs.
- Has participated in our previous healthcare apps studies.
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Effects of Lower Body Exercise in Hypermobility Conditions
We want to understand how lower body exercises affects the knee in females with joint hypermobility.
The clinical conditions we are interested in studying are Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS).
We also want to determine whether this type of exercise is improves symptoms, strength, and stability, and should be recommended as part of exercise programs for people living with hypermobility conditions.
Eligibility
Currently recruiting participants: Yes
Eligible gender: Male, Female, Transgender, Other
Eligible ages: 18 to 55
Accepts healthy participants: No
Inclusion criteria:
1. A diagnosis of Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
2. Age 18 - 55
3. Clearance for exercise participation
Exclusion criteria:
1. Other connective tissue disorder (Rheumatoid arthritis, Marfan Syndrome, other EDS types, etc.)
2. Currently experiencing daily knee pain
3. Prior knee surgery
4. Currently pregnant