Clinical trials: Falls Risk
Mobility Limitation, Aging
HOMEStudy: Development of a Home-based Self-delivered Prehabilitation Intervention to Proactively Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults
Older adults often have difficulty performing complex walking tasks leading to increased fall incidence and subsequent injury. Even in the best clinical settings, it may not be possible for patients or clinicians to dedicate the…
- Trial name
- NCT05583578
- Testing
- Home-based mobility testing and active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Osteoporosis
Secondary Prevention of Osteoporosis
The purpose of this study is to develop and implement an evidence based protocol for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures and falls, and to determine how compliance with this intervention improves muscle strength…
- Trial name
- NCT00421343
- Testing
- alendronate with cholecalciferol, calcium carbonate with cholecalciferol, Falls prevention measures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Fall
Remote Digital Health Intervention to Improve Balance and Reduce Fall Risk
The goal of this project is to further develop and evaluate a computerized cognitive-training program designed to extend older adults' functional independence and reduce accidental falls (i.e., reduce factors that contribute to…
- Trial name
- rSTAND (NCT05022589)
- Testing
- Computerized Plasticity-Based Adaptive Cognitive Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Posit Science Corporation
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
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
Accidental Falls
Characterizing Wheelchair-Related Falls in Elderly Veterans
The purpose of this study is to find out about the risk factors for wheelchair-related falls among elderly veterans, and to find out about the costs and consequences of those falls.
- Trial name
- NCT00363246
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 766 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip
Mitigation of Major Hip Injury Due to Fall With a Smart Belt
Multi-center, comparative, non-significant risk adaptive study with retrospective controls. After providing informed consent and being screened for eligibility, intervention subjects will be prescribed and provided an…
- Conditions
- Hip Injuries, Fractures, Hip, Fall Injury, Fall Risk
- Trial name
- NCT05245097
- Testing
- Tango Belt, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 471 people
- Sponsor
- ActiveProtective Technologies, Inc
Muscle Atrophy, Physical Deconditioning
Reducing Falls With RENEW in Older Adults Who Have Fallen
This clinical trial will compare the effects of a high intensity Resistance Exercise via Negative Work (RENEW) vs. Traditional resistance exercise (TRAD) as part of a mult-component exercise and fall-reduction program on muscle…
- Trial name
- NCT01080196
- Testing
- RENEW
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Adverse Drug Effects
The Use of STOPP/START Criteria for Medication Intervention Among Elderly Population Living in a Geriatric Hospital
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of STOPP/START criteria (STOPP-screening tool of older persons potentially inappropriate prescriptions START-screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment)for medication…
- Trial name
- STOPP (NCT01602744)
- Testing
- STOPP/START screening tools for medication intervention
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wolfson Medical Center
Vitamin D Deficiency, Falls
Study To Understand Fall Reduction and Vitamin D in You
Vitamin D supplements might substantially reduce the risk of falls, potentially by more than 25%. The proposed study is a clinical trial that will determine the effects of 4 doses of vitamin D (200 International Units [IU]/day…
- Trial name
- STURDY (NCT02166333)
- Testing
- 200 IU/d cholecalciferol, 1000 IU/d cholecalciferol, 2000 IU/d cholecalciferol
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 688 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pareses, Lower Extremity
Clinical Trial Comparing C-Brace to Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis (KAFO)/Stance Control Orthosis (SCO)
Prospective, international, multi-center, open-labeled, randomized, controlled cross-over trial to evaluate effectiveness and benefits in patients with lower limb impairment in activities of daily living comparing the C-Brace…
- Trial name
- NCT03906656
- Testing
- C-Brace, KAFO/SCO
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Austria and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 149 people
- Sponsor
- Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
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
Mild Cognitive Impairment
VR-CogMoBal Training for Reducing Falls Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Older adults often display gait instability, impaired balance control and cognitive decline that lead to falls and fall risks. Approximately 60% of the elderly people with cognitive deficits experience a detrimental fall each…
- Trial name
- NCT03765398
- Testing
- VR Cognitive-motor-balance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Sedentary Lifestyle, Risk of Disability
The LIFE Study - Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders
Based upon promising results from a pilot study among 424 sedentary older adults who were randomized to a physical activity intervention or a successful aging health education intervention, a Phase 3 multi-center randomized…
- Conditions
- Sedentary Lifestyle, Risk of Disability, Aging
- Trial name
- LIFE (NCT01072500)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Successful Aging
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,635 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Depression
Substudy of Protocol NCT03843957 - Effect of mPATH on Screening for Depression, Fall Risk, and Safety
This is a sub-study for data analysis of data collected as part of the larger randomized controlled trial "Effectiveness and Implementation of mPATH-CRC" (NCT03843957) to determine if self-administered screening with an iPad…
- Trial name
- NCT05110014
- Testing
- Primary Care Office Visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23,026 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Multiple Sclerosis
Cerebellar tDCS and Balance Training in PwMS
Many people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) have decreased balance and postural control, gait deficits, and a high frequency of falls.
- Trial name
- NCT04391023
- Testing
- Balance Training, 2 mA Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 4 mA Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases
Intensive Glycemic Control and Skeletal Health Study
The purpose of the ACCORD-BONE Study is to investigate the effects of intensive glycemic control for type 2 diabetes (in ACCORD participants) on factors related to bone health, including, fractures, falls, and bone mineral…
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension
- Trial name
- ACCORD-BONE (NCT00324350)
- Testing
- hypoglycemic agents, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase inhibitors, hypertensive agents
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 7,287 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Parkinson Disease, Fall
Community Exercise for Fall Risk in PD
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects approximately 1 million people in the United States and causes significant fall risks. This study aims to develop a community-based exercise program that reduces falls in persons with PD.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Fall, Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT05940077
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Idaho State University
High Risk for Falling
Testing the Effectiveness of a Falls Prevention System
The purpose of this single arm intervention study is to determine if the fall rate (as measured by falls per 1000 patient days) for patients designated "high fall risk" decreases with the use of the PUP™ [Patient is UP Falls…
- Trial name
- NCT03678402
- Testing
- PUP™ sock
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 521 people
- Sponsor
- Tammy Moore
Metabolic Syndrome, Autonomic Neuropathy
Metabolic Syndrome and Fall Risk
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are rapidly growing problems. Individuals with the MetS are at risk for not only future chronic diseases, but they have a higher prevalence of neuropathy, including cardiac autonomic…
- Trial name
- NCT02633891
- Testing
- Balance exercise, Standard care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development