Clinical trials: Balance, Falls
Postural Balance, Accidental Falls
Improving Balance and Mobility
Falls are dangerous leading to injuries and even death. The VA has made fall prevention a priority, but effective programs only reduce falls by 30%.
- Conditions
- Postural Balance, Accidental Falls, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- MMBI (NCT02374463)
- Testing
- MMBI, Tai Chi
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Accidental Fall
Effects of Task-Specific Step Training on Reactive Balance
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate a novel and pragmatic (i.e., not requiring specialized equipment) task-specific step training regimen that aims to improve reactive balance after tripping.
- Trial name
- NCT05734443
- Testing
- step training, treadmill training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Accidental Falls, Aged, Exercise Movement Techniques
Balance Recovery Training for Fall Prevention in Retirement Communities
Falls are the leading cause of injuries and injury-related deaths among older adults over the age of 65 in the United States. To help reduce the number of these falls, there is growing interest in using reactive balance training…
- Trial name
- NCT02551666
- Testing
- Balance recovery training, Tai Chi exercise
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Ambulation Difficulty, Gait, Unsteady
The Sensorimotor Locus of Balance Control in Elderly Gait
The aging population is at an exceptionally high risk of debilitating falls, contributing significantly to reduced independence and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Ambulation Difficulty, Gait, Unsteady, Fall, Position Sense Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03341728
- Testing
- Optical flow perturbations, Normal walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Amputation, Elderly
Falls in Older Persons With Limb Loss
Lower limb prosthesis users are known to be at a substantially increased fall risk compared to able-bodied individuals. The interaction between increased fall risk, reduced balance confidence and high prevalence of a fear of…
- Trial name
- FOPLL (NCT03670004)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Myocardial Infarction, Stroke
Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Study
The WHISH trial applies state-of-the science behavioral principles and currently available technologies to deliver a physical activity intervention without face-to-face contact to ~25,000 older U.S. women expected to consent.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Cardiovascular Mortality, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- WHISH (NCT02425345)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 49,331 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Accidental Fall, Postural Balance
Standing Balance as the Fifth Vital Sign in Clinical Setting
This 18-month prospective, observational study involving real world data will determine if the use of a standing scale that delivers a quantitative measure of standing balance along with weight (balance + weight) in place of a…
- Conditions
- Accidental Fall, Postural Balance, Clinical Decision-making
- Trial name
- NCT04139642
- Testing
- SimpleSway
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Vitamin D Deficiency
The Effect of Vitamin D and Exercise on Balance in Postmenopausal Women
In recent years, skeletal and nonskeletal effects of vitamin D has been studied. One of the effects of it was balance and fall prevention. However, these studies were performed on older patients who had not vitamin D deficiency.
- Trial name
- NCT03608488
- Testing
- Vitamin D, Exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Chronic Disease
Measuring the Implementation of the LiFE Program in Primary Care for Older Adults Aged 75 Years or Older
The goal of this study is to evaluate how to implement an evidence-based lifestyle-integrated strength and balance exercise (LiFE) intervention in primary care to promote increased physical activity (PA) and improvements in…
- Trial name
- Mi-LIFE (NCT02266225)
- Testing
- Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Accidental Fall
Reactive Balance Training Targeting Both Slip- and Trip-Induced Falls
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of reactive balance training (RBT) targeting slipping and tripping on laboratory-induced slips and trips.
- Trial name
- NCT04308239
- Testing
- Reactive balance training, Otago Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Accidental Falls
Intervention to Enhance Lateral Balance Function and Prevent Falls in Aging
Falls and their consequences are among the major problems in the medical care of older individuals. The long-term goal of this research is to establish the efficacy of a scientifically grounded and mechanism-based therapeutic…
- Trial name
- LIFT (NCT01370174)
- Testing
- Physical Training Interventions
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Falls, Balance
Toileting at Night in Older Adults: Light to Maximize Balance, Minimize Insomnia
To examine the change in balance that occurs in older individuals when exposed to different colored lights at night.
- Conditions
- Falls, Balance, Insomnia, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT01350505
- Testing
- White light exposure, Dim white light exposure, Very dim white light exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Accidental Falls
Playware Technology for Balance Training
This study evaluates the use of Playware technology for balance training. Falling among elder is a costly problem. Research shows that training can help prevent falls.
- Trial name
- IMT (NCT02496702)
- Testing
- Training on Interactive Modulare Tiles
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Denmark