Clinical trials: Accidental Falls
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Muscle Fatigability and Trip-specific Fall Risk in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about how fatigue affects the risk of falling in adults aged 55-70 years with and without knee osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT06229691
- Testing
- 30 minute treadmill walk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Accidental Fall, Fall
Remote Monitoring and Analysis of Gait and Falls Within an Elderly Population
The investigators aim to do this initial pilot study as an observational prospective cohort study, evaluating elderly patients who have capacity in National Health Service (NHS) rehabilitation and community hospitals.
- Conditions
- Accidental Fall, Fall, Fall Injury, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- 4279 (NCT03680014)
- Testing
- CUSH
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CUSH Health Ltd.
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
Accidental Falls
Effects of Training on Fall Risk and Balance Performances
Dual task training has been shown to reduce the risk of falls more than single task training. However, there have been no studies which compared the effects of single task training, dual task training and asynchronous cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT03189342
- Testing
- Single task training, dual task training, exercise-cognitive activity combined training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Osteoporosis, Risk of Falls
EFFECTIVENESS AND CLINICAL OPTIMIZATION OF A STANDARDIZED PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISE PROGRAM TARGETING BALANCE-POSTURE INTERACTION AND FALL RISK IN OSTEOPOROSIS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Osteoporosis is a systemic disorder of the skeletal system characterized by decreased Bone Mass and deterioration of the Microarchitecture, making it significantly easier to fracture the bones.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Risk of Falls, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- EFFECTIVENESS (NCT07763717)
- Testing
- Structured Physiotherapy Exercise Program
- Where
- Kosovo
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Alma Mater Europaea - Slovenia
Peripheral Nerve Disease, Peripheral Nerve Injury Lower Limb
Effect of Ankle-foot Orthoses on Balance Confidence
The patients at our Prosthetics and Orthotics Outpatient Clinic who have had an ankle-foot orthosis for at least one year will fill in the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) for wearing the orthosis and for…
- Conditions
- Peripheral Nerve Disease, Peripheral Nerve Injury Lower Limb, Poliomyelitis, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- ABCOGS (NCT04080687)
- Testing
- Ankle-foot orthosis
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia
Sarcopenia
Inspiratory Muscle Training on Balance, Falls and Diaphragm Thickness in the Elderly
Decreases in body muscle mass, function and strength occur with ageing and this condition is called "sarcopenia". It is known that sarcopenic elderly people fall more than non-sarcopenic elderly people, their balance is…
- Trial name
- NCT06143592
- Testing
- Inspiratory Muscle Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Falls, Motor Imagery
The Effect of Motor Imagery on Balance in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
This study will investigate if the use of motor imagery to practice a balance task is as effective as physically practicing balance tasks as measured by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in persons with MS.
- Conditions
- Falls, Motor Imagery, Multiple Sclerosis, Balance
- Trial name
- NCT05615207
- Testing
- Motor Imagery as compared to physical practice for balance tasks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Dominican University New York
Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Balance in Older Adults With Low Back Pain
This research aims to investigate the effect of a core stabilization exercise programme, combined with usual physiotherapy care, on balance in older adults, aged over 65 years with chronic non-specific low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT07839052
- Testing
- Core stabilisation exercises + usual physiotherapy care, Usual physiotherapy care + general exercise programme
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of West Attica
Healthy Subjects (HS)
Self-initiated Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is a single-blinded study. Participants will be randomly assigned to self-initiated perturbation-based balance training (SePBT) group or control (conventional balance training) group.
- Trial name
- NCT06774833
- Testing
- Self-initiated perturbation-based balance training, Conventional balance training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Osteoporosis, Osteoporotic Fractures
Multifaceted Intervention Using Telehealth to Reduce the Risk of Falls and Fractures in Older Men
Men sustain over one-third of osteoporosis-related fractures worldwide. The burden of osteoporotic fractures in older men is substantial, and men suffer significantly worse fracture-related outcomes than women.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Osteoporotic Fractures, Osteoporosis, Age-Related, Muscle Loss
- Trial name
- MisterFIt (NCT05927623)
- Testing
- Multifaceted Virtual Fracture Prevention Program, Attention Control
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Alzheimer Disease
Perturbation Training Reduces Falls in People With Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
This study will examine the overall capacity of people with Alzheimer's disease learning fall-resistant skills from perturbation training.
- Trial name
- STAD (NCT05205980)
- Testing
- Perturbation training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Georgia State University
Accidental Falls
EFFICACY OF AN EXERCISE PROPRIOCEPTIVE PROGRAM IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY
Knowing the effects of proprioceptive exercise program in improving balance, gait and risk of falls in institutionalized elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT02541305
- Testing
- propioceptive program, No propioceptive program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Falls, Gait
Donepezil and the Risk of Falls in Seniors With Cognitive Impairment
Compared with cognitively normal older adults, those with mild cognitive problems (MCI) have a two-fold higher rate of falls, sustain more fractures, and have a higher rate of mortality due to falls.
- Conditions
- Falls, Gait, Balance, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Trial name
- NCT00934531
- Testing
- Donepezil
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Accidental Falls, Fall Prevention
Technology Supported Improvement, Management and Prevention of Accidental Falls in Hospitals
The student will observe fall prevention systems in practice in 2 different hospitals considering how fall prevention technology influences staff behaviour and patients safety in the context of accidental falls in hospital.
- Trial name
- TechSIMPAFiH (NCT07355556)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Geriatric Disorder
Whole Body Vibration Exercise Training for Institutionalized Elderly
It is hypothesized that whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in physical functioning and reduction in fall incidence among institutionalized elderly, compared with conventional exercise…
- Trial name
- NCT01735682
- Testing
- Whole body vibration, Conventional exercise, Control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Haemiplegic Patients, Balance
The Relationship Between Lower Limb Functionality, Knee Joint Position Sense, Balance and Falls in Haemiplegic Patients
Stroke is defined as a neurological disorder attributed to acute focal damage of the central nervous system from a vascular cause, including cerebral infarction, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage.
- Conditions
- Haemiplegic Patients, Balance, Knee Joint Position Sensation, Lower Limb Functionality
- Trial name
- NCT05973279
- Testing
- Tecno Body Prokin Isokinetic Balance System, Restorative Therapies RT300 leg/arm/cor:, CSMI (CYBEX) Humac Norm Isokinetic Test and Exercise System
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Stroke, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Telerehabilitation Decision Support System: Pilot Testing Protocol
This study follows the successfully completed HOLOBalance project which was funded by the EU Horizon 2020 scheme. TheHOLOBalance platform delivers exercises demonstrated via a hologram of the physiotherapist and corrected in real…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Vestibular Disease, Long Covid-19
- Trial name
- TeleRehab DSS (NCT07079787)
- Testing
- TeleRehab DSS Pilot Test
- Where
- 5 sites in Germany, Greece and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Chronic Disease, Fall Patients
Nature-based Therapy Program for Parkinson's Disease (PARC)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a nature-based program has positive effects on the physical and psychosocial health in a group of participants with Parkinson's disease.
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Fall Patients, Aging Problems, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- PARC (NCT06452043)
- Testing
- PARC program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Falls Injury
Frequent Fallers' Experiences of an Adapted Walking Frame, Designed to Reduce the Walking Aid's Associated Falls Risk
For some patients with mobility issues, a walking frame (commonly known as a zimmer frame - trademark of Zimmer Holdings), is provided to keep them on their feet and help them remain more independent in their home and when out…
- Trial name
- Walker (NCT03419845)
- Testing
- Step Right Buddy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS