Clinical trials: Geriatric Fall
Accidental Falls/Prevention and Control
Fall Prevention Among Community Living Elderly
The purpose of this study is to assess effects of a home exercise program, supervised by assistant nurses with the aim of preventing falls.
- Trial name
- NCT01705912
- Testing
- Complete intervention, Basic intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- Gunilla Fahlstrom
Fall
Relation Between Psychoactive Drugs Overdosage and Severity of Falls in Elderly People
There are many epidemiological data on the relationship between the number or nature of psychoactive medications used and the risk of falling in elderly, but very little on the relationship between the amount of psychoactive…
- Trial name
- MEDIFALL (NCT05991037)
- Testing
- Blood sampling for psychoactive drugs dosage
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Old Age, Fall
Effects of Lower Limb Positive Pressure on the Balance of Community-dwelling Older Adults
With the onset of the sixth decade in life, degenerative processes affect the neuromuscular system in terms of losses in muscle strength (dynapenia) and muscle mass (sarcopenia).
- Trial name
- NCT04636645
- Testing
- Normal treadmill, Anti-gravity treadmill with lower limb positive pressure, Anti-gravity treadmill with without lower limb positive pressure
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Fall, Music
Risk of Falls in Patients Attending Music Sessions on an Acute Geriatric Ward
Music therapy has long been used to improve communication, health and quality of life. Music is also known to regulate pain, mood and anxiety levels.
- Conditions
- Fall, Music, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT03348657
- Testing
- Music Session
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Fall, Congestive Heart Failure
Reducing High-Risk Geriatric Polypharmacy Via EHR Nudges: Pilot Phase
Polypharmacy is common among older adults in the United States and is associated with harms such as adverse drug reactions and higher costs of care.
- Conditions
- Fall, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Failure, Adverse Drug Event
- Trial name
- NCT03791580
- Testing
- Commitment nudge, Justification nudge
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- RAND
Gait, Balance
Effects of a Music-Based Multitask Exercises Program on Gait, Balance and Fall Risk in the Elderly
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a 6-month music-based multitask exercises program (Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics) in improving gait and balance, and reducing fall risk in community-dwelling older adults…
- Conditions
- Gait, Balance, Falls
- Trial name
- NCT01107288
- Testing
- Music-based multitask exercises program
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
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
Accidental Falls, Fractures
Clinical Evaluation of a Wireless Monitoring Device to Reduce Falls in the Elderly and Others at High Risk of Falling
Falls are a public health problem of significant social and economic significance. No primary intervention devices have been shown to be effective in reducing falls and associated injuries.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Fractures, Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT00249743
- Testing
- FallSaver (formerly called NOCwatch)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- NOCwatch International
Prostate Cancer
Questionnaire and Fall Risk Assessment
The goal of this research study is to learn if your answers to questions during an interview can help researchers predict how well you function physically and if you are at a high risk for falls.
- Trial name
- NCT00836238
- Testing
- Interview, Physical Function Tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Quality of Life, Accidental Falls
Association Between Pilatis Exercise, Balance and Stability Measurements, and Quality of Life Among Elderly Population
Background: The elderly population in western countries and in Israel is constantly growing. Falls are one of the common problems among this population.
- Trial name
- NCT01379235
- Testing
- Pilatis exercise
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
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
Accidental Falls
The Feasibility of Nintendo RingFit to Improve Balance and Muscle Strength of Elders
Background Existing findings have suggested that exergaming (i.e., exercise that requires people to move their body to play, providing an active gaming experience while serving as a form of physical activity), may have a…
- Trial name
- NCT05949359
- Testing
- Nintendo RingFit-augmented exercise program
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fall, Fall Accident
The Geriatric Emergency Department Pharmacologic Harm Prevention Project
The goal of this project is to determine whether pharmacogenomic testing (using participants' DNA) can help optimize medication prescribing and reduce side effects in older adults taking five or more medications.
- Conditions
- Fall, Fall Accident, Poly Pharmacy, Adverse Drug Events
- Trial name
- GREAT PHARM (NCT07216846)
- Testing
- DNA care pathway
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Accidental Falls
The Effectiveness of a Self-managed Digital Exercise Programme to Prevent Falls in Older Community-dwelling People
The overall aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital self-management exercise program in preventing falls in community dwelling older people.
- Trial name
- SafeStepRCT (NCT03963570)
- Testing
- Safe Step - digital exercise program, Control group
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,628 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Community-dwelling Older Adults, Neurocognitive Function of Elderly Patients
Modified Otago Exercise Program on Neurocognitive Level and Balance Parameters
This study examined the effect of an eight-week modified Otago Exercise Program on neurocognitive level and balance parameters in community-dwelling older adults.
- Conditions
- Community-dwelling Older Adults, Neurocognitive Function of Elderly Patients, Functional Mobility, Fall Prevention in Healthy Aging
- Trial name
- NCT07831174
- Testing
- Otago Exercise, Control
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
Geriatric Disorder
Fear to Fall Reduction in Geriatric Patients Who Suffered Previous Falls
Fear to fall has been proven to be a risk factor affecting those geriatric patients who have previously suffered a fall. In this work it is assessed the effectiveness of a physiotherapy and psychological combined intervention…
- Trial name
- FFALL_GER (NCT02727374)
- Testing
- Physiotherapy intervention, Cognitive-behavioural Intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
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.
Accidental Falls
The Influence of Balance Training on Postural Control in Elderly
Fall related injuries are major health problem which effect especially elderly population. After experiencing a fall, most of the elderly are unable to resume their previous mobility and the fear of future falls affects their…
- Trial name
- NCT02836587
- Testing
- Balance training
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Palacky University
Hyponatremia, Accidental Falls
Hyponatremia in the Prevention of Hospitalized Patients Falls
Cross ecological quasi-experimental study to assess effectiveness of early intervention in the diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia in the prevention of hospitalized patients´ falls.
- Trial name
- PRECAHI (NCT03265691)
- Testing
- Early detection and treatment of hyponatremia, No Intervention (SOC)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- Mª del Carmen Lobo Rodríguez
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