Clinical trials: Falling Risk
Cerebral Palsy, Spastic, Falling
NDT on Fall Risk in Cerebral Palsied Children
Children with spastic cerebral palsy experience falls due to weakness in balance skills and abnormalities in gait parameters. It is necessary to improve the quality of life of these children by reducing the frequency of falling.
- Trial name
- NCT05956444
- Testing
- Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT), Conventional Physiotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Effect Of Methylphenidate On Balance In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that may have poor motor coordination and balance control. The effect of Methylphenidate treatment on balance and fall risk is still unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT05522478
- Testing
- Fall risk
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Arthritis
Balance Impairment and Falls Risk in People With Lower Limb Arthritis, and Can These be Improved With Exercise?
Arthritis has been reported as a risk factor for falls. Few studies have investigated the effect of balance training on balance performance in women with lower limb arthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT00527189
- Testing
- Balance Exercises
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Ageing Research Institute, Australia
Fall
Project Grow: Establishing an Intergenerational Falls Prevention Gardening Programme
Wandsworth Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service (IF \& BHS) provides an evidence-based falls prevention exercise programme, but yearly about 500 of 1800 patients decline participation or do not continue to exercise.
- Trial name
- PGROW (NCT03216031)
- Testing
- Gardening programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Roehampton
Fall Prevention
Validation Study of the Speedy Meyer Fall Scale for Determining the Fall Risk of the Paediatric Patient
Fall prevention is an essential element in ensuring safe care for paediatric patients. The first step in building a risk reduction programme is the adoption of an assessment tool to identify those most at risk at an early stage.
- Trial name
- NCT06311409
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 332 people
- Sponsor
- Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Nursing Home Residents
Feasibility of Risk Sign Displays to Prevent Falls, Dehydration and Pulmonary Aspiration in Nursing Homes
BACKGROUND: Prior research has shown a relationship between dehydration, falls and pulmonary aspiration among older adults in nursing and health care facilities, which contributes to its loss of independence and quality-of-life.
- Trial name
- NCT03123601
- Testing
- Risk sign displays
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Campus Neurológico Sénior
Fall, Music
Risk of Falls in Patients Attending Music Sessions on an Acute Geriatric Ward
Music therapy has long been used to improve communication, health and quality of life. Music is also known to regulate pain, mood and anxiety levels.
- Conditions
- Fall, Music, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT03348657
- Testing
- Music Session
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Aging
Proximity Alarms to Reduce Patient Falls
The purpose of this study is to test an intervention to introduce and implement proximity alarms on the risk of falls in hospitalized patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00183053
- Testing
- BedEx Patient Occupancy Monitoring System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Accidental Falls
Improving Strength and Balance Through Exercise With LudoFit
The goal of this mixed methods cohort study is to explore how an innovative game-based, technology-enabled home exercise software compares to a conventional home-based exercise program in older adults at risk for falls.
- Trial name
- NCT05993013
- Testing
- LudoFit
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Huang
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Study of Two Exercises Protocols for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized as a neurodevelopmental disorder, with motor symptoms that may predispose to falls and gait changes.
- Trial name
- STEP-TEA (NCT05908357)
- Testing
- Exergaming, Booklet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Bahia
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Falling in Patients With COPD Referred to Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Incidence, Risk Factors and Prediction Tools
The primary aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of falling in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred to a pulmonary rehabilitation program and to verify the risk factors.
- Trial name
- NCT02434198
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Risk of Falling in Cerebral Palsy Spastic Hemiplegic Children
The purpose of this study was to determine: If there is an effect of transcranial direct current stimulation in improvement the functional balance in CP spastic hemiplegic children.
- Trial name
- NCT06730763
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation, Exercise
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Elderly Subjects, Risk of Fall
Preact to Lower the Risk of Falling by Customized Rehabilitation Across Europe: the PRECISE Study In Italy
The PRECISE study is a 12-week pilot intervention study to evaluate the usability of the new DigiPrehab technology application in elderly subjects.
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT05846776)
- Testing
- DigiPrehab system
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Stroke, Ischemic, Balance Assessment
Validity and Reliablity of i-TUG Via EncephaLog
This study investigated the test-retest reliability and construct validity of the i-TUG, standard TUG, and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) using the EncephaLog smartphone application in individuals with chronic ischemic stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic, Balance Assessment, Smartphones
- Trial name
- EncephaLog (NCT06950554)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
DMD
ML-Based Multi-Sensor Fall Risk Screening in DMD
This prospective observational study aims to analyze changes in upper extremity functional movement over time in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
- Trial name
- NCT07015632
- Testing
- Performance of the Upper Limb, Brooke Scale, grip strength test
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Pediatric Nursing
The Effect of Digital and Classical Education Based on Planned Behavior Theory Given to Mothers in the Risk Group on Their Self-Efficacy in Identifying Safety Measures and First Aid for Home Accidents
Childhood home accidents are a significant health problem in our country and the world. Home accidents are more common in children aged 1-5, and cause temporary and permanent disabilities in deaths.
- Trial name
- Home Accidents (NCT06981416)
- Testing
- Digital education group, classical education group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Fall, Fatigue
Determinants of the Fall Risk Profile and Quality of Life of Older Subjects Visting Climatic Health Resorts
The main objective of the study conducted in subjects aged 65 or older visiting the French Balaruc-les-bains climatic health resort was to : Determine factors that distinguish fallers from not fallers Determine factors that may…
- Trial name
- NCT04277000
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,471 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Stroke, Osteoporosis
Sarcopenia and Risk of Falls in Patients With Major Chronic Diseases
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of therapeutic exercise and nutrition intervention for sarcopenia and risk of falls in patients with major chronic diseases.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Osteoporosis, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03798418
- Testing
- elastic band strengthening exercise, diet counseling
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Changhua Christian Hospital
Kyphosis
Correction for Kyphotic Posture for Improving Balance in Cerebral Palsy
Children with spastic diplegia are at an increased risk of spinal deformities. The most common types of these spinal deformities are scoliosis and kyphosis.
- Trial name
- NCT05063175
- Testing
- Conventional Physical Therapy Protocol, TheraTog orthotic undergarment with its strapping system
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Umm Al-Qura University
Activities of Daily Living, Postural Control
Effect of Callisthenic Training on Mobility and ADL Performance in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Patients
Almost 2 to 3 out of every 1000 children have Cerebral palsy in Pakistan.Spastic type of CP is dominant about 75%, diplegia (40%) and hemiplegic are (35.5%).Spastic diplegics have tightness of lower limb more than upper…
- Conditions
- Activities of Daily Living, Postural Control, Spasticity, Mobility
- Trial name
- NCT06966076
- Testing
- calisthenic training, Conventional physical therapy group
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation University Islamabad