Clinical trials: Risk of Falling in the Elderly
Aging Disorder, Parkinson Disease
Contribution of Virtual Reality and Modelling in Falling Risk Assessment in Elderly and Parkinson's Disease Patients
The process of ageing affects at the same time the sensory, cognitive and driving functions. Furthermore, ageing is often accompanied by pathologies increasing the effects of the senescence.
- Trial name
- PrévSim (NCT03848897)
- Testing
- Metrology of motor behavior
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Self-management for Mobility Improvement in the Elderly
The Senior Step Study How Elderly Help Themselves Maximally Forward
The Senior Step Study investigates whether feedback given by a mobility feedback device in combination with an instruction book containing every day exercises, motivates elderly to exercise more.
- Trial name
- SSS (NCT01792180)
- Testing
- Mobility feedback device with use of instruction book
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Old Age, Fall Injury
Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-related Injuries Associated With Mild Neurocognitive Disorders
This study evaluates the risk for incident falls and fall-related injuries at the onset of neurocognitive disorders in older adults participating in the Canadian Longitudinal Study
- Conditions
- Old Age, Fall Injury, Neurocognitive Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03978650
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Nursing Caries, Old Age; Debility
Multifactorial Study of the Relationship Between the Conditions of Life and the Incidence of Risk of Falling
HYPOTHESIS: The incidence of risk of falls is related to the living conditions of elderly people in the community. OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between living conditions and the incidence of risk of falls in older adults…
- Conditions
- Nursing Caries, Old Age; Debility, Aging Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04301713
- Testing
- Evaluation of rik of falls
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Salamanca
Multiple Sclerosis
Project FARMS: Fall Risk Reduction in Multiple Sclerosis
Over half of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) report falling over a 6-month period and a majority of those who fall require medical attention for injuries.
- Trial name
- FARMS-1 (NCT01837017)
- Testing
- Home-based Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gait, Fall Risk
External Focus Strategy on Visuomotor Control in Older Adults
Only a few studies have adopted external focus strategy as an intervention to mitigate the negative effects of heightened conscious movement processing in older adults.
- Conditions
- Gait, Fall Risk, Older Adults
- Trial name
- NCT06571526
- Testing
- External focus, Control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Increased Risk of Falls
Changes in Everyday Life After a Tai Chi or Eurythmy Intervention in Elderly People at Risk of Falling: a Qualitative Exploration as a Sub-Study of the ENTAiER Study
The ENTAiER fall prevention study investigates the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and tai chi in older people with chronic diseases and an increased risk of falls.
- Trial name
- NCT05547178
- Testing
- Qualitative interview - eurythmy group, Qualitative interview - tai chi group, Qualitative interview - standard care group
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Balance in Older Adults With Low Back Pain
This research aims to investigate the effect of a core stabilization exercise programme, combined with usual physiotherapy care, on balance in older adults, aged over 65 years with chronic non-specific low back pain.
- Trial name
- NCT07839052
- Testing
- Core stabilisation exercises + usual physiotherapy care, Usual physiotherapy care + general exercise programme
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of West Attica
Elderly
Risk Factors for Falls After Intervention of the Urgent Medical Assistance Service (SAMU) in the Elderly Person at Home
In this project, the investigators are interested in a particular population, that of elderly subjects who used the SAMU after a fall and who are not hospitalized or are hospitalized less than 24 hours.
- Trial name
- RISING-DOM (NCT04132544)
- Testing
- standardized gerontological evaluation (EGS), Proposal for a personalized intervention plan (PIP), Follow-up
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 952 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Aging, Balance Control in Elderly
Effects of Telerehabilitation-Based Dual-Task Exercises on Balance, Fall Risk, Cognitive Function, and Sleep Quality in Geriatric Individuals
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of dual-task exercises-which simultaneously target cognitive and motor functions-delivered via telerehabilitation on fall risk, balance, cognitive functions, and sleep…
- Conditions
- Aging, Balance Control in Elderly, Sleep Disorder (Disorder)
- Trial name
- NCT07472101
- Testing
- Telerehabilitation Based Dual-Task Exercises, Educational Brochure and Phone Follow-Up
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Bulent Ecevit University
Healthy
The Effectiviness of Pilates on the Risk of Fall in Healthy Older Adults
This research examine the effectiveness of a Pilates intervention for reducing the risk of falls among adults aged over 65 years.
- Trial name
- NCT04343300
- Testing
- Pilates, exercise without Pilates
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Aged
The Foot Posture and Falling Risk in Older People
This research will be conducted to examine the relationship between the foot postures and fall risks of elderly individuals living in nursing homes, to identify the factors that most affect the risk of falling, and to inform…
- Trial name
- NCT06153732
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahar Anaforoglu Külünkoglu
Elderly
The Use of Virtual Reality for the Gait Training of Elderly Fallers
The study aims to investigate the efficacy of gait training using virtual reality to decrease the risk of falls in elderly idiopathic fallers.
- Trial name
- VR-Fallers (NCT01182961)
- Testing
- gait training, gait training 2, exercise group
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Stroke, Aging Problems
Innovative Models in the Rehabilitation of the Elderly With Stroke Through Technological Innovation
The final goal of the present study is to propose a new approach and an innovative therapeutic plan in the post-stroke rehabilitation of elderly patients, focused on the use of robotic device, in order to obtain the beneficial…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aging Problems, Innovative Rehabilitation Treatment Based on Robotics
- Trial name
- NCT04087083
- Testing
- Technological intervention arm, Control arm
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Older Women, Older Adults, Balance
Line Dancing With Blood Flow Restriction for Balance and Gait of Older Women (In-Person vs Online)
Falls are a leading cause of injury-related hospitalization among older women. Age-related declines in gait speed and postural stability are known risk-factors for falls.
- Conditions
- Older Women, Older Adults, Balance, Older Adults, Healthy Older Adults in the Community
- Trial name
- NCT07860541
- Testing
- Wearing blood flow restriction, Online dance classes, In-person dance classes
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Concordia University, Montreal
Fall Prevention, Fall Risk Factors
Fall-Prevention Education and Fall-Related Behaviors in Older Adults
This study investigates the effect of a structured fall-prevention education program on safe fall-related behaviors in older adults.
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention, Fall Risk Factors, Accidental Fall
- Trial name
- NCT07499895
- Testing
- Structured Fall-Prevention Education, Fall-Prevention Informational Brochure
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Betul Esra Cevik
Spondyloarthritis
Dynamic and Static Balance and the Speed of Reaction in the Elderly
The balance of the body in the elderly is disturbed for various reasons and relatively often. The aim of our research was to analyze the effect of five simple physiotherapeutic procedures on the reaction speed as well as static…
- Trial name
- NCT05442944
- Testing
- Physiotherapeutic procedures
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Anna Olczak
Risk of Falling in the Elderly
Fall Risk Assessment With an Innovative Device for Quantifying Gait and Static Balance in Geriatric Consultation
The main objective of this monocentric, non-randomized, prospective study was to evaluate the predictive capacity of a balance score based on spatio-temporal parameters of postural balance.
- Trial name
- PARACHUTE (NCT06535477)
- Testing
- Fall risk assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gérond'if
Healthy Subjects (HS)
Self-initiated Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is a single-blinded study. Participants will be randomly assigned to self-initiated perturbation-based balance training (SePBT) group or control (conventional balance training) group.
- Trial name
- NCT06774833
- Testing
- Self-initiated perturbation-based balance training, Conventional balance training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OA Knee
Effects of Tai Chi Exercises on Patients Functional Status With Knee Osteoarthritis
Brief summary The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether Tai Chi exercise, used as an adjunct to standard physiotherapy, can improve balance, functional status, pain, and knee joint mobility in older adults (65-75…
- Trial name
- NCT07428343
- Testing
- Tai Chi training, Comprehensive Inpatient Physiotherapy with other standard therapies, Kinect-Based Virtual Reality Balance Training with Biofeedback
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Grzegorz Mańko