Clinical trials: Slipping and Falls
Occupational Injuries, Heat Stress
Effect of Rapid Heat Stress on Firefighters Musculoskeletal Injury Risk
This study will examine the effect of heat stress on factors that influence musculoskeletal injury risk in firefighters. Participants will attend 4 data collection sessions. 1: informed consent, screening, and familiarization.
- Conditions
- Occupational Injuries, Heat Stress, Leg Injury, Back Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT06442956
- Testing
- Rapid Heat Condition, Gradual Heat Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Slips, Falls Prevention
Effectiveness of Slip Resistant Footwear in Dairy Industry
In the dairy industry, same-level falls are a major problem and a well-known challenge. At Arla's dairy in Taulov, where this RCT study is being carried out, reports of risk observations, near incidents, and workplace accidents…
- Conditions
- Slips, Falls Prevention, Perceived Slipperiness
- Trial name
- SRFDI (NCT07280988)
- Testing
- Environment specific safety footwear
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Multiple Sclerosis (Relapsing Remitting)
Motor Learning of Fall Resistant Skills Through Slip and Trip Exposure in Multiple Sclerosis
The primary purpose of this interventional study is to examine the overall motor learning capacity from exposure to repeated perturbations among ambulatory people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Trial name
- STRES-MS (NCT06919900)
- Testing
- Perturbation Training, Treadmill Walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Georgia State University
Mobility Limitation, Fall Injury
Home-based HIFST for Older Adults to Prevent Functional Decline
After an injury, an older adult may experience changes to how they complete their daily activities and participate in physical activity.
- Conditions
- Mobility Limitation, Fall Injury, Slip and Fall
- Trial name
- NCT05266911
- Testing
- high-intensity functional strength training, Lower extremity stretching
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Slipping and Falls
Mechanisms of Fall Resistance to Diverse Slipping Conditions
Falls are the leading source of injury for all ages, and for older adults are the primary cause of injury related death. Loss of foot to ground traction accounts for 25-40% of falls, typically referred to as a slip.
- Trial name
- NCT03758040
- Testing
- Slips on Turns, Slips on Slopes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Accidental Fall
Reactive Balance Training Targeting Both Slip- and Trip-Induced Falls
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of reactive balance training (RBT) targeting slipping and tripping on laboratory-induced slips and trips.
- Trial name
- NCT04308239
- Testing
- Reactive balance training, Otago Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Lower Limb Amputation, Slip Perturbations
Pilot Study on the Evaluation of the Functionality, Safety and Reliability of New Tripping Devices for Lower Limbs.
The study aims to identify prognostic biomarkers of fall risk in patients with lower limb amputation
- Conditions
- Lower Limb Amputation, Slip Perturbations, Fall Risk
- Trial name
- MOTU++ pedane (NCT06883942)
- Testing
- prosthetic group performs the entire protocol with their own prosthesis, Experimental Group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Fall, Risk Reduction
Comparison of Three Balance Training Protocols for Individuals Post Stroke
The purpose of this study is to compare conventional balance training to reactive training and to a novel, high intensity, harnessed training program.
- Conditions
- Fall, Risk Reduction, Stroke, Balance
- Trial name
- NCT03757026
- Testing
- Conventional Physical Therapy, Slip Training, Harnessed gaming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Cleveland State University
Accidental Fall, Accident Prevention
Effect of Treadmill Perturbation Training on Falls
This parallel, randomized, controlled trial aims to quantify the effects of slip- and trip-perturbation training on fall rates collected over 12 months, compared to time-matched treadmill walking, among community-dwelling older…
- Trial name
- NCT04733222
- Testing
- Perturbation training, Treadmill walking
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital