Clinical trials: Fall, Accidental
Aging, Accidental Falls
Enhanced Gait and Balance Training
The purpose of this study is twofold: 1. Establish baseline measures of gait performance in healthy young and older adults, and older adults with a history of falls. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT01896466
- Testing
- Cranial Nerve Non-Invasive Neuromodulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Accidental Falls
A Study of Visual Attention Training to Improve Balance and Mobility
The purpose of this study is to determine if training visual attention improves balance and mobility, and reduces falls in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02030743
- Testing
- Visual training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Accidental Fall
FallSensing Multiplayer Games for Fall Risk Prevention in Senior Care Centers
Fall prevention programs should include strength and balance training, home hazard assessment and intervention, vision assessment and referral and also medication review with modification/withdrawal.
- Trial name
- NCT03623919
- Testing
- FallSensing multiplayer games
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra
Dementia, Accidental Falls
The TACIT Trial: TAi ChI for People With demenTia
This is a three-centre parallel group randomised controlled trial with an embedded process evaluation and intervention pilot phase (details not provided in this summary).
- Trial name
- TACIT (NCT02864056)
- Testing
- Tai Chi
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Accidental Falls
Marketing Fall Prevention Classes to Older Adults in Faith-Based Congregations
This cluster randomized trial will test whether a social marketing program implemented in churches can motivate older adults to join exercise classes, in order to improve their strength and balance and thus prevent falls.
- Trial name
- NCT00542360
- Testing
- Marketing program to motivate exercise class participation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Accidental Fall, Postural Balance
Fall Prevention in Older Adults Study
Poor balance is one of the major risk factors for falling in older adults. A Matter of Balance (MOB) is one of the most commonly used fall prevention programs nationally.
- Trial name
- NCT03176511
- Testing
- A Matter of Balance plus Dual-Task Balance Challenge Group, A Matter of Balance Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Accidental Falls, Muscle Weakness
The Effects of a Walking Program on Balance, Falls and Well Being in Individuals Residing in Long-term Care
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a regular walking program (which inevitably involves human interaction) compared to a usual care condition and to a human interaction condition (without the extra…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Muscle Weakness, Gait, Unsteady, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT01277809
- Testing
- Interpersonal Interaction, Walking Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Accidental Fall, Postural Balance
The Relation Between Movement Patterns, Balance Performance, Function of the Inner Ear and Falls
Falls are one of the most common reasons for immobilisation and death in elderly population. This study aims at studying falls among a group of older people.
- Conditions
- Accidental Fall, Postural Balance, Movement Disorders in Old Age
- Trial name
- NCT03503916
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lund University
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.
Dysfunction of Vestibular System, Accidental Falls
Physiology of Vestibular Dysfunction and Clinical Implications
Vestibular dysfunction is a known contributor to imbalance and fall risk, and may be a precursor to the frailty phenotype seen in the elderly population.
- Conditions
- Dysfunction of Vestibular System, Accidental Falls, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT01383642
- Testing
- No intervention, observational study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Accidental Falls
FallSensing Clinical Tool for Fall Risk Prevention in Community-dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years or Over
Fall prevention programs should include strength and balance training, home hazard assessment and intervention, vision assessment and referral and also medication review with modification/withdrawal.
- Trial name
- NCT03591185
- Testing
- FallSensing Clinical Tool
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anabela Correia Martins
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
Accidental Falls
Effects of Senior Dance on Risk Factors for Falls
The efficacy of exercise programs to prevent falls among older people is well documented in the literature. However, older people's adherence to these exercise programs has been reported to be suboptimal, varying between 21% and…
- Trial name
- DanSE (NCT02603523)
- Testing
- Senior Dance
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Accidental Falls
A Feasibility Study of a Mobile Application Intervention to Promote Strength and Balance Exercises in Older People
This five arm feasibility study aims to promote self-management in strength and balance exercises among community-living older people.
- Trial name
- NCT02916849
- Testing
- Safe Step, OEP
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
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
Parkinson Disease, Accidental Fall
Development and Evaluation of a Guide to Help People With Parkinson's and Their Caregivers to Self-manage Falling
This study will investigate whether it is possible, through the development and evaluation of a self-management guide, to improve health related quality of life and concern of falling in people with Parkinson's disease who fall…
- Trial name
- NCT03111472
- Testing
- Self-management guide for people with Parkinson's who fall and their informal caregivers
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
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
Accidental Falls
Fall Recovery Training for Older Adults in Continuous Care Facilities
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect that a new fall prevention training program has on the fall incidence of long-term care facility residents at high-risk of falling.
- Trial name
- NCT02173015
- Testing
- Compensatory step training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Postural Balance, Accidental Falls
Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Balance and Decrease Falls in the Elderly (EWii)
The objectives of this study are to evaluate the usefulness of an intervention utilizing the NintendoTM Wii console in order to improve balance, thereby decreasing both the fear of falling as well as the number of falls, and to…
- Conditions
- Postural Balance, Accidental Falls, Intervention Studies
- Trial name
- EWii (NCT02570178)
- Testing
- balance training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,037 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Accidental Falls
The Effect of Training Older Adults in Tai Chi and Compensatory Stepping on Balance Control
For the duration of 10 weeks, participants will be asked to maintain their current levels of physical activity and to take part in three testing sessions over the course of 10 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT02188524
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wilfrid Laurier University