Participants Needed - Balance & Mobility Research

1 March 2025

The University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise is currently conducting a study on how long COVID impacts balance and mobility.

Volunteers are sought for a one-hour session that involves:

• completing a few questionnaires;
• undergoing visual, vestibular, and somatosensory testing; and
• participating in physiotherapy mobility assessments.

They are looking for both individuals with long COVID as well as healthy individuals as controls.

For the Healthy Control cohort, the survey requires volunteers;

• 40+ years old;
• With no COVID-19 infection, concussion, or lower limb injury in the past 12 months;
• With no history of post-viral illness (e.g., long COVID) or conditions affecting the nervous system (e.g., vestibular disorders, seizures); and
• Not currently on any medication or substances that might affect nervous system responses.

For the focus group, the survey requires volunteers;

• 18+ years old;
• With a diagnosis of any Post Viral Conditions, including long COVID;
• With no other conditions affecting the nervous system (vestibular disorders, seizures etc.);
• With no concussion or lower limb injury in the last 12 months; and
• Not currently on any medication or substances that might affect nervous system responses.

For more information or to express interest in volunteering, contact Michaela at

The closure date for the project is November 2025

Ethics approval number 13917
University of Canberra
Human Research Ethics Committee