Clinical trials: Fall Injury
Balance, Falls
Fall Prevention:Dynamic Posturographic Measurements in the Geriatric Population
Falls are the greatest cause of accidental death in the elderly. There is no normative data on large groups of geriatric subjects specific to their stability scores obtained by computerized dynamic posturography (CDP).
- Trial name
- NCT00719082
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
Accidental Falls
Effectiveness of a Program to Improve Balance, Mobility, and Fall Prevention in Older Adults.
This trial evaluates the effectiveness of the Otago Exercise Program in adults aged 65 and older. It compares supervised group-based training with an unsupervised home-based version of the same program.
- Trial name
- NCT07257315
- Testing
- Otago Exercise Program - Supervised Group, Otago Exercise Program - Home-Based
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanidad de Castilla y León
Accidental Fall, Postural Balance
The Relation Between Movement Patterns, Balance Performance, Function of the Inner Ear and Falls
Falls are one of the most common reasons for immobilisation and death in elderly population. This study aims at studying falls among a group of older people.
- Conditions
- Accidental Fall, Postural Balance, Movement Disorders in Old Age
- Trial name
- NCT03503916
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Fall, Healthy Aging
Validity and Reliability of a Depth Camera-based Automated Physical Function and Fall Risk Assessments
Falls significantly reduce physical function as well as quality of life which leads to failure of successful aging among elders.
- Trial name
- NCT06519864
- Testing
- Azure Kinect-based Tandem Stance Test (ATST) and Physical Therapist's Measurements of Tandem Stance Test (PTST), Azure Kinect-based Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (AFTSS) and Physical Therapist's Measurements of Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (PFTSS), Azure Kinect-based Timed Up and Go Test (ATUG) and Physical Therapist's Measurements of Timed Up and Go Test (PTUG)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahmyook University
Fall, Physical Inactivity
Technology-based Fall Risk Assessments for Older Adults in Low-income Settings
The goal of this observational study is to examine the associations among fall risk appraisal, body composition, and physical activity in older adults in low-income settings.
- Conditions
- Fall, Physical Inactivity, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06063187
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Lower Limb Amputation Knee, Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
Validity and Reliability of The 3-Meter Backward Walk Test in Individuals With Lower Limb Amputation
Clinicians are routinely required to make decisions about fall risk among lower limb prosthesis users. For these decisions, clinicians should use valid, reliable, quantitative, and multidimensional measures of balance test for…
- Trial name
- NCT05095584
- Testing
- 3 meter backward walk test
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tezel Yıldırım Şahan
Paradoxical Fall in Maximum Expiratory Flows
Search of a Paradoxical Fall in Maximum Expiratory Flow After Bronchodilation in Healthy Subjects
There exists a physiological limitation of the expiratory flows because of the physical properties of the bronchial tree (flexible bronchial walls in a complex architecture subjected to variations of pressure and volume).
- Trial name
- VACUVOL (NCT03062904)
- Testing
- Inhaled Bronchodilators +/- Inhaled Methacholine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Parkinson's Disease
Postural Instability in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
The purpose of this study is to better understand why individuals with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) fall. Understanding the mechanism of gait and balance dysfunction in individuals with PSP may provide us with important…
- Trial name
- NCT01563276
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Persons Who Have Experienced a Sudden Uncontrolled Fall in the Absence of Outside Factors in the 6 Months Preceding the Consultation
Study of the Relationship Between the Strength of Ankle Movement Muscles and Postural Parameters in Elderly Fallers: Towards New Strategies for Screening and Management
The quality of life of elderly citizens is to a great extent related to the maintenance of independence. The risk of falling and the loss of autonomy are two frequent problems associated with ageing.
- Trial name
- NCT03343769
- Testing
- BERG scale, Functional tests, Measurement of balance on a force platform
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Fall, Balanced
Development and Applications of Daily-use Fall Risk Assessment Device to Prevent Elderly People From Falling
This research attempts to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled device for measuring the dynamic balance ability of older people with a sensor using an optical principle called Frustrated Total Internal Reflection.
- Trial name
- ITF-Balance (NCT05693480)
- Testing
- Balance sensor
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polyneuropathy Diabetes
Resistance Training in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
This is a population-based study of type 2 diabetes patients with and without neuropathy recruited from the Danish National Type 2 Diabetes cohort (DD2).
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polyneuropathy Diabetes, Diabetes Complications, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT03252132
- Testing
- 12-week resistance training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danish Pain Research Center
Accidental Fall
FallSensing Multiplayer Games for Fall Risk Prevention in Senior Care Centers
Fall prevention programs should include strength and balance training, home hazard assessment and intervention, vision assessment and referral and also medication review with modification/withdrawal.
- Trial name
- NCT03623919
- Testing
- FallSensing multiplayer games
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra
Fall, Accidental, Fall
Transport PLUS Intervention
Hypothesis: 'Transport PLUS,' a low cost, easily generalizable intervention performed by Emergency Medical Technicians while transporting a patient home from the hospital, can improve transitions of care and improve patient…
- Conditions
- Fall, Accidental, Fall, Hospital Readmission, Emergency Medical Services
- Trial name
- NCT03046771
- Testing
- Transport PLUS group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fall
Use of a Smartphone to Assess Balance and Provide Intervention to Older Adults at Home
Approximately one-third of older adults report one or more falls each year, with devastating physical, psychological, social, and financial consequences.
- Trial name
- NCT05140044
- Testing
- Balance Exercises - Smartphone Delivery, Balance Exercises - Traditional Paper Delivery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Binghamton University
Vaccine Exposure During Pregnancy
H1N1 Vaccine in Pregnancy: a Registry for the Fall and Winter of 2009
The goal of this study it to rapidly create a brief registry of pregnant women who receive the H1N1 vaccine in Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia during the pandemic H1N1 2009/2010 influenza season.
- Trial name
- NCT01374009
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalhousie University
Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control
Neural, Cognitive, and Biomechanical Determinants of Falls in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial with an embedded observational phase is to evaluate whether a phenotype-guided, personalized rehabilitation program can improve fall risk and underlying neural control mechanisms in older adults…
- Trial name
- NCT07739056
- Testing
- Personalized Neurophysiological Rehabilitation, Conventional Fall-Prevention Exercise Program
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sharjah
Activities of Daily Living, Accidental Fall
Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application for Older Adult Health
This study tests the effectiveness of using a new mobile application (Bingocize®) to improve older adults' (a) adherence to an engaging exercise program, and (b) aspects of functional performance, health knowledge, dietary…
- Conditions
- Activities of Daily Living, Accidental Fall, Sarcopenia, Arteriosclerosis
- Trial name
- Bingocize (NCT03629912)
- Testing
- Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Kentucky University
Fall Prevention
Pilot Feasibility Study of a Fall Prevention Exercise Programme for Community-dwelling Older Adults in Nanchang, China
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a fall prevention exercise programme for older adults living in urban communities in China.
- Trial name
- NCT07341802
- Testing
- Safe & Joyful Walk, Tai Chi
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
Fall Prevention
The Effects of Lower Body Resistance Training on Balance and Fall Prevention in the Elderly
The aim of the study is to prevent falls related to poor lower body strength adn balance in the elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT01178970
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Accidental Falls, Aged, Exercise Movement Techniques
Balance Recovery Training for Fall Prevention in Retirement Communities
Falls are the leading cause of injuries and injury-related deaths among older adults over the age of 65 in the United States. To help reduce the number of these falls, there is growing interest in using reactive balance training…
- Trial name
- NCT02551666
- Testing
- Balance recovery training, Tai Chi exercise
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University