Clinical trials: Fall
Balance, Postural, Exercise Therapy
Effectiveness of Impairment Specific Exercises for Balance and Fall Risk in Community-Living Older Adults at Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background Balance impairment is a key factor contributing to falls in older adults. Conceptually, clinicians may be able to prescribe targeted exercises if specific impairments can be identified.
- Trial name
- NCT02615899
- Testing
- Matched: Targeted (specific) balance exercise interventions, Mismatched: Untargeted (non-specific) balance exercise interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University
Accidental Falls
Effect on Falls Reduction of a Multimodal Intervention in Frail and Pre-frail Elderly Community-dwelling People
Practice guidelines in caring for the geriatric population recommend performing an annual screening of falls . However, one of the problems that interfere with fall prevention programs is the lack of importance accorded to health…
- Trial name
- FAREMAVA (NCT02631330)
- Testing
- Multicomponent physical activity
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 466 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de la Ribera
Low Vision, Fall
Increasing the Accessibility of a Falls Prevention Intervention for Community Dwelling Older Adults With Low Vision
This study serves to test a previously evaluated falls prevention intervention recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, entitled the Study of Accidental Falls in the Elderly (SAFE) Health Behavior and…
- Trial name
- NCT03028493
- Testing
- Original SAFE Intervention, Adapted SAFE Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sarah Blaylock
Parkinson Disease, Fall
Effects of Protective Step Training on Proactive and Reactive Motor Adaptations in Parkinson's Disease Patients
The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent PD affects the ability to walk, respond to balance perturbations (i.e., Protective Step Training) and produce acute short-term effects to improve compensatory reactions and…
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Fall, Protective Step Training, Falls, Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT07399613
- Testing
- Protective Step Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Fall, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Digital STEADI Efficacy
The aging of the U.S. population, combined with health care workforce shortages and insufficient access to effective fall prevention and exercise programs, has contributed to a high burden of fall-related injuries in older…
- Conditions
- Fall, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Aging
- Trial name
- NCT07852650
- Testing
- Digital STEADI-1, STEADI Standard of Care, Digital STEADI-2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friendi.fi Corporation
Cognitive Changes Due to Organic Disorder (Finding), Dementia
Gerontology Research Programme: The Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS I & II)
The Gerontology Research Programme (GRP) in the National University Singapore's Department of Psychological Medicine, was formed to coordinate and facilitate the conduct of multi-disciplinary research on in a wide range of…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Changes Due to Organic Disorder (Finding), Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Frailty
- Trial name
- SLAS (NCT03405675)
- Testing
- SLAS 1, SLAS 2
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 6,183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Postural Balance
Multi-Sensory Training and Wrist Fractures
The aim of the study is to investigate whether individuals with fall-related wrist fractures have impaired posterior control, reduced proprioception in their lower limbs and/or vestibular asymmetry compared with those who have…
- Trial name
- NCT03478228
- Testing
- Multi-Sensory Training
- Where
- Iceland
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Landspitali University Hospital
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
Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Perception of Affordances and Obstacle Crossing in People With Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Adults
This study aims to explore how young adults, older adults and people with Parkinson's disease (PwP), perceive their abilty to cross obstacles while walking, and how this perception is related to their actual performance of…
- Trial name
- NCT06932679
- Testing
- Assessment of Gait and Visual Exploration
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Vision, Balance and Falls in Older Adults
Can Entertaining Action-video Games Enhance Dynamic Visual Function and Improve Balance? A Randomized Controlled Trial.
This project is aimed to find out whether action video games can enhance dynamic visual function and improve balance function in the community-dwelling older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02252874
- Testing
- Slow-paced action video game, Fast-paced action video game, Control
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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
Traumatic Injury
Prevention of Injury in Military Settings Through the Use of Body Awareness.
The POSITION project aims to investigate the cognitive mechanism of postural body awareness as a risk factor for injury and as a target for a primary prevention strategy based on the Resource Optimization of Armed Forces (ROAF)…
- Trial name
- POSITION (NCT05451394)
- Testing
- ROAF, Active Comparator
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Frailty, Fall
Frailty Status and Increased Risk for Falls
We hypothesized that the use of anticholinergic medications may precipitate falls differently by frailty status in older adults.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Fall, Anticholinergic Toxicity
- Trial name
- NCT04233541
- Testing
- Fall assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Fall Injury, Trauma
High vs Low Fall Injuries in Asia: 7-Year Multicenter Study
This multicenter study revealed a declining overall incidence of fall-related injuries, accompanied by a rising proportion of high falls, predominantly among non-elderly males.
- Trial name
- NCT07093658
- Testing
- High fall injury group
- Volunteers
- 59,099 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
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.
Fear of Movement, Fear of Falling
The Effects of Earthquake on Fear of Movement and Fear of Falling
In February-March 2023, a series of major earthquakes occurred in 11 provinces of Turkey (Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ).
- Trial name
- NCT05881499
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 185 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nagihan Acet
Arthritis
Aquatic Exercise and Efficacy Enhancement to Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults With Hip Osteoarthritis
The objective of this project is to determine the effect of aquatic exercise and aquatic exercise combined with an education program on decreasing fall risk in older adults with hip osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT00289458
- Testing
- exercise, 2, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Social Isolation, Fall
The Impact of Community Exercise on Social Connectedness and Falls in Older Adults: Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place
The goal of this study is to reduce risk of falls and social isolation in older adults age 50+ through participation in community based health and exercise programs.
- Trial name
- LEAP (NCT03624049)
- Testing
- Exercise, Health Class
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 671 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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
Sedentary Behavior, Aging
Promoting Fall Prevention Workshops
Physical Activity (PA) is recognized as the most effective method to prevent falls in the elderly. Yet despite there being a consensus now that Physical Activity (PA) is effective in practice, there remain many obstacles to…
- Trial name
- NCT04134585
- Testing
- semi-structured interviews
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne