Clinical trials: Fall Accident
Movement Disorders, Aging
Effects of Exercise Poles on Older Adults During Exercise Walking
This study uses a patented type of exercise poles, developed to assist runners rehabilitating from lower body injuries. These poles may offer older adults improved stability, reduced fear of falling, and lessened lower body pain…
- Trial name
- NCT00037167
- Testing
- Exercise poles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Accidental Falls
Kinesio Taping Effect on Postural Balance in Elderly
The elderly population has increased significantly in the last years. The number of falls has also increased due to the decrease of balance.
- Trial name
- NCT01933737
- Testing
- Kinesio Taping, 3M Micropore
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Franca
Accidental Falls
Bicycle Simulator Training in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A Randomized Control Trial will be conducted with Independent old adults (age 70 years old and older) who willing to participate in the study.
- Trial name
- PerStBiRo (NCT03636672)
- Testing
- perturbation training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barzilai Medical Center
Aging Problems, Frailty
Impact of Skills Acquired Through Judo Training on Risk Factors for Falling in Elderly Men and Women
Falls and injuries from falls are one of the greatest threats to public health. One of the risk factors for accidental falls is a low self-efficacy regarding the perceived capability to perform activities without the risk of…
- Conditions
- Aging Problems, Frailty, Fall Injury, Accidental Fall
- Trial name
- J4BE (NCT04061785)
- Testing
- Judo4Balance - 12 week judo inspired exercise program
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalarna University
Accidental Falls, Musculoskeletal Equilibrium
Visual Training Program to Improve Balance and Prevent Falls in Older Adults
The ability to maintain balance and avoid falling is highly dependent on the ability to locate objects and architectural features in the environment.
- Trial name
- NCT00549406
- Testing
- computerized visual training, computerized word puzzles, video-game based visual training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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
Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Disease
Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)
To determine the extent to which known risk factors predict coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, to assess the precipitants of coronary heart disease and stroke in the elderly, and to identify the predictors of…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Disease, Heart Diseases, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- CHS (NCT00005133)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,888 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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
Aging, Aged
Aquatic Exercise and Reactive Balance
The present clinical trial aims to identify if skills acquired during aquatic exercise are more effectively transferred to a reactive balance task than land exercise.
- Conditions
- Aging, Aged, Accidental Falls, Postural Balance
- Trial name
- NCT05107817
- Testing
- Exercise intervention
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eadric Bressel
Bicycle Accident
Pedal Cycle Related Trauma at the Royal London Hospital
Bespoke is an observational, prospective, cohort study. The aim of this study is to explore injury patterns of patients who require admission to the Royal London Hospital (RLH) Emergency Department (ED)or outpatient clinics as a…
- Trial name
- NCT06819332
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 644 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Automobile Accident
Reducing Distracted Driving With the Flip of a Switch
We propose to test a potential intervention to reduce distracted driving among high school students that could be used as part of future research trials and school campaigns.
- Trial name
- NCT05298267
- Testing
- Do Not Disturb While Driving
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Accidental Falls, Fall Prevention
Technology Supported Improvement, Management and Prevention of Accidental Falls in Hospitals
The student will observe fall prevention systems in practice in 2 different hospitals considering how fall prevention technology influences staff behaviour and patients safety in the context of accidental falls in hospital.
- Trial name
- TechSIMPAFiH (NCT07355556)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Accidents, Traffic, Whiplash Injuries
The Analysis for Termination of Treatment and Satisfaction in Traffic Accident Patient
Data of one hospital will be used to find out the patient's satisfaction with the treatment, analyze the factors effecting on the treatment termination.
- Trial name
- NCT04167930
- Testing
- electronic medical record(EMR) Data and patient survey
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 682 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jaseng Medical Foundation
Fall, Accidental, Fall
Transport PLUS Intervention
Hypothesis: 'Transport PLUS,' a low cost, easily generalizable intervention performed by Emergency Medical Technicians while transporting a patient home from the hospital, can improve transitions of care and improve patient…
- Conditions
- Fall, Accidental, Fall, Hospital Readmission, Emergency Medical Services
- Trial name
- NCT03046771
- Testing
- Transport PLUS group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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
Accidental Falls
Health in Motion- Interactive Exercises for Safer Mobility
The participants will complete a series of balance assessments with a licensed physical (PT) or occupational therapist (OT) or qualified research assistant (RA) at Blue Marble Game Co or in their respective homes at the start of…
- Trial name
- HiM-O (NCT02475902)
- Testing
- Computer guided home exercise program, Paper guided home exercise program
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Blue Marble Rehab Inc
Stroke
Improving Rehabilitation by Magnetic Brain Stimulation
We hope to understand the properties of the motor cortex in the brain of people with stroke using non-invasive magnetic stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT00636701
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Traffic Collision, Transport Accident
Causes of Traffic Collisions of Ambulance Cars at the Prague Emergency Medical Services
The aim of the project is to increase the protection of patients, employees and the organization by means of data collection about traffic collisions of ambulance cars.
- Trial name
- NCT04808219
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Peran
Stroke
Evaluation of BOTOX® With Rehabilitation Therapy for the Treatment of Wrist and Hand Spasticity in Post-Stroke Patients
The present study is designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of injections of BOTOX® in spastic muscles of the arm and hand compared with injections of saline (which would do nothing) when combined with rehabilitation…
- Trial name
- Botox/Rehab (NCT00565201)
- Testing
- Botox and rehab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cerebral Vascular Accident
Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of Kinematic Parameters of Locomotion Measured by Inertial Units. Validation in Healthy Volunteers and Stroke Patients
Stroke is the leading cause of acquired disability in adults in France, and more than 500,000 French people are currently living with the after-effects.
- Trial name
- KAPP-IMU (NCT05104645)
- Testing
- Analysis of the walk, Analysis of the race, Unipodal and bipodal jumps on flat ground
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon