Clinical trials: At Fall Risk
Fall, Gait, Unsteady
The Brain Stimulation and Physical Therapy Study
This pilot work will determine the feasibility of tDCS intervention as an effective adjunct intervention to PT aimed at improving gait, balance, and mobility in older adults at risk of falling.
- Conditions
- Fall, Gait, Unsteady, Aging, Accidental Fall
- Trial name
- NCT04181658
- Testing
- Real tDCS and Physical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip
Mitigation of Major Hip Injury Due to Fall With a Smart Belt
Multi-center, comparative, non-significant risk adaptive study with retrospective controls. After providing informed consent and being screened for eligibility, intervention subjects will be prescribed and provided an…
- Conditions
- Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip, Fall Injury, Fall Risk
- Trial name
- NCT05245097
- Testing
- Tango Belt, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 471 people
- Sponsor
- ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc
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
Impaired Balance in Elderly
Pilot Study of AdvanStep in Improving Balance in at Risk Elderly
Elderly individuals are often at increased risks for falls. The AdvanStep is an interactive training exercise and balance device.
- Trial name
- AdvanStep (NCT01059253)
- Testing
- AdvanStep training program - Turtle Pop
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
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
Risk of Falls
Active Exergames Program in Older Adults at Risk of Falls
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to analyze the effectiveness of a physical exercise program based on exergames combined with conventional physical therapy, compared to a conventional physical exercise program alone…
- Trial name
- NCT07024004
- Testing
- Exergame-Based Exercise + Conventional Physical Therapy, Conventional Physical Therapy
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Catolica Silva Henriquez
Fall
Real-life Dual-Task Training
Older adults have difficulty optimizing two tasks at once and typically experience greater interference than younger adults when dual-tasking, meaningful that there is greater decline in performance of at least one task when…
- Trial name
- Real-DTT (NCT06479694)
- Testing
- Real-life Dual-Task Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Gait, Fall Risk
External Focus Strategy on Visuomotor Control in Older Adults
Only a few studies have adopted external focus strategy as an intervention to mitigate the negative effects of heightened conscious movement processing in older adults.
- Conditions
- Gait, Fall Risk, Older Adults
- Trial name
- NCT06571526
- Testing
- External focus, Control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Identification of Home Fall Hazards
Comparison of Home-based Video, Paper/Print Checklist and Professional Home Assessment in Detection of Fall Hazards at Home
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and potential impact of video analysis of footage taken with a GoPro camera video in comparison to a homeowner checklist or gold standard home assessment as a means of…
- Trial name
- NCT02775604
- Testing
- Video based/Therapists' rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (vt-CHFHC), Paper based/Patient self-rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (pp-CHFHC)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Parkinson Disease, Telemedicine
Telerehabilitation for Parkinson's Disease
Our primary objective in this 10-week pilot study is to demonstrate the feasibility of using videoconferencing technology to provide Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients, alongside their supervising care partners, specialized…
- Trial name
- TelerehabPD (NCT04600011)
- Testing
- Physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT), Home Safety Evaluation (HSE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Postural Balance, Fall
Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Balance Training Program
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of telerehabilitation for fall prevention. Participants are randomly assigned to telerehabilitation group or control group.
- Trial name
- NCT06210828
- Testing
- Telerehabilitation, Control
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Siriraj Hospital
Fall Prevention, Exercise
Perturbation-Based Treadmill Training to Prevent Unrecovered Falls in Geriatric Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effectiveness of perturbation-based balance training (PBT) in preventing unrecovered falls among geriatric patients aged ≥70 years with a prospective fall risk of ≥40%.
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention, Exercise, Geriatrics, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- TRAIL (NCT06652828)
- Testing
- Conventional Treadmill Walking (CTT), Perturbation-Based Balance Training (PBT)
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
Fall Injury, Postural; Defect
Conscious Movement Processing, Postural Stability and Muscle Efficiency in Older Adults
This study aims to address critical knowledge gaps by investigating the effects of trait conscious movement processing propensity on real-time (state) conscious movement processing propensity, postural stability, and muscle…
- Conditions
- Fall Injury, Postural; Defect, Old Age; Debility
- Trial name
- NCT05630911
- Testing
- Standing tasks with different task difficulty
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
High Risk of Falling
Backward Walking Rehabilitation to Prevent Falls in High-risk Adults Aged 75 Years and Older
Falls are a major health problem for people aged 75 or older. Backward walking may strengthen the muscles of the legs, improve posture and balance, and make walking more stable, which could help prevent new falls and improve…
- Trial name
- PCRetro (NCT07650097)
- Testing
- Walking backwards, Usual walking
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Aging, Somatosensory Deficit
Noise-Enhanced Sensory Function in Elders at Risk for Falls
The long-term goal of this project is to develop a non-invasive, noise-based technique for enhancing somatosensation and thereby improving balance control in elderly fallers and older adults with somatosensory deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT00421759
- Testing
- Vibrating Insoles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Fall Patients
Clinical and Medico-economic Evaluation of the Cohort "People at Risk of Falling"
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the IsereADOM service package compared to conventional follow-up on the risk of recurrence of falls at 6 months in frail elderly subjects.
- Trial name
- PARC (NCT03545529)
- Testing
- Innovativ supported
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
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
Fall Risk
Identify Subjects at Risk for Falling Using Acceleration Based Gait Analysis System
Because the increasing fall problem, mainly due to an impaired gait and balance ability and partly caused by trips, this study will investigate fall risk by detecting fall related movement characteristics and by detecting…
- Trial name
- stumble (NCT00765297)
- Testing
- fall related movement (stumble) detector, fall related movement characteristic (stumble) detector
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Frailty, Fall Risk, Fall Prevention
Physical Function and Fall Risk in Older Adults in the Lalín Frailty Prevention Program
This prospective observational study will describe changes in physical function and fall risk among adults aged 70 years or older who participate in the routine Frailty and Falls Prevention Program at the Centro Integral de Saúde…
- Trial name
- FRAIL-Lalin (NCT07848802)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Older Adults At Risk of Falling
Blood Flow Restriction and Functionality in Older Adults
Resistance training is beneficial for stimulating muscle and bone growth and is uniquely important for older adults to avoid frailty and to maintain bone density.
- Conditions
- Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Older Adults At Risk of Falling, Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training Effects, Blood Flow Restriction and Low-Intensity Resistance Training
- Trial name
- NCT06724393
- Testing
- Blood flow restrictions in combination with low-intensity resistance training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Concordia University, Montreal