Clinical trials: Accidental Falls, open to volunteers
Balance Assessment, Falls
How's Your Balance?
The goals of this observational study are to investigate the following: If there is a relationship between prior falls, single leg stance time, and plantar cutaneous sensitivity as measured by monofilaments.
- Conditions
- Balance Assessment, Falls, Plantar Sensation
- Trial name
- NCT07412145
- Testing
- None AHT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RxFunction Inc.
Fall Risk, Fall Risk, Fall Prevention
Prevention and Reduction of Falls: Testing and Evaluating Cutting Edge Haptic Technology
This study evaluates whether a drug-free, non-invasive haptic patch (LIBERTY Patch) affects fall-risk classification and balance/mobility confidence in adults ages 55 to 85.
- Conditions
- Fall Risk, Fall Risk, Fall Prevention, Accidental Falls, Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT07781397)
- Testing
- LIBERTY Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- SuperPatch Limited LLC
Amputation, Prosthesis User
Effects of Microprocessor-controlled Prosthetic Knees on Fall-related Health Outcomes in Limited Community Ambulators
The goal of this study is to find out if using microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs), prosthetic knees with a built-in computer, improves health outcomes related to falls in adults who use above-knee prostheses.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Prosthesis User, Amputation; Traumatic, Leg: Thigh, Between Hip and Knee, Limb; Absence, Congenital, Lower
- Trial name
- NCT06937242
- Testing
- Ottobock C-Leg 4 Microprocessor Knee, Ottobock Kenevo
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hanger Institute for Clinical Research and Education, LLC
Fall
Clinical Impact of a Digital Home-based Falls Prevention Program on Elderly People
This study is a single-center, prospective, non-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with an experimental and a control group with the aim of evaluating the clinical impact of a home-based falls prevention program…
- Trial name
- NCT03750500
- Testing
- Biofeedback device, Education on falls risk, Medication review
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sword Health, SA
Fall Prevention, Falls
Steady Stride Fall Prevention Protocol vs Standard of Care
Falls are the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in community dwelling older US adults (65 years old and older) .
- Trial name
- SteadyStrides (NCT07092176)
- Testing
- Steady Strides
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Steady Strides: Fall Prevention and Stroke Rehabilitation Medical Institute
Fall Prevention, Balance, Falls
Evaluating Methods to Replicate Stumbles and Slips During Walking
This protocol outlines a study designed to investigate three different methodologies for inducing gait perturbations. Subjects will be divided into two groups: prosthetic users and able-bodied individuals.
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention, Balance, Falls, Amputation of Lower Limb
- Trial name
- NCT07175714
- Testing
- Methodologies to induce gait perturbations
- Where
- 2 sites in Iceland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Össur Iceland ehf