Clinical trials: At Fall Risk
Accidental Falls
Advances in Group-based Falls Rehabilitation
This study's main aim is to compare the effect of a modified FaME vs. a multisensory balance exercise programme on falls risk, balance confidence and quality of life in older adults who fall or at risk of falling when implemented…
- Trial name
- NCT02696668
- Testing
- modified FaME, Multisensory
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Accidental Falls
Cluster RCT of Falls Prevention Exergames for Older Adults
This cluster RCT study will investigate the effectiveness of strength/balance Exergames (exercise and computer games that use body movements as controls) developed to improve balance, function, prevent falls and increase exercise…
- Trial name
- Profexs (NCT02634736)
- Testing
- Exergame plus usual treatment
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Fall Prevention
Perturbation Training Compared to Balance and Strengthening Exercise, for Elderly at Risk of Falling
One third of adults over 65 and 50% of adults above 80 years old fall at list once a year. In some cases, falls result in fractures, hospitalization, functional limitations, depression, morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04228159
- Testing
- Balance Tutor Biofeedback Rehabilitation System, Balance and strengthening exercise
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
Frailty, Fall
Nicotinamide Supplementation Improves Physical Performance in Older Adults at Risk of Falls
Falls are unplanned events resulting in contact with a lower surface. They are common in older adults, affecting one in three individuals over 65 years old.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Fall, Frailty Syndrome, Falls
- Trial name
- NICE-FIT (NCT06465602)
- Testing
- Nicotinamide
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
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
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
Accidental Falls
Comparison of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Falls Prevention and Quality of Life in Older Adults
This study compares the effects of three home-based exercise programmes in "at-risk to falling" older adults living in their own home on the incidence of falls (number and severity), risk factors, and quality of life as well as…
- Trial name
- SwissCHEF (NCT02926105)
- Testing
- T&E Home-based exercise programme, Otago, Helsana booklet
- Where
- 3 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 405 people
- Sponsor
- HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Accidental Falls, Rehabilitation
The Role of Attention Focus Walking Training in Older Adults.
This study aims to examine the effect of external, internal and no attention focus walking training during gait rehabilitation on real-time conscious motor processing (reinvestment), balance, walking ability and fear of falling…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Rehabilitation, Walking, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT04419753
- Testing
- attention focus walking training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Thomson Wai-Lung Wong
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
Accidental Fall
System to Avoid Fall Events
Rinicare Ltd, a Lancaster-based SME, and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust (UHMB) will collaborate on a research study to determine the feasibility, suitability, and acceptability of the Rinicare developed SAFE (System…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT03418103)
- Testing
- Thermal imaging analysis of participant position in a hospital bed
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Rinicare Ltd