Clinical trials: Fall Prevention Training
Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic
The REACTplusNMES Trial: A Double-blinded RCT
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of 6-weeks of reactive balance training (REACT) with and without neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to paretic lower limb muscles on biomechanical, clinical…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Stroke, Cerebrovascular
- Trial name
- REACT+NMES (NCT06127602)
- Testing
- Reactive balance training with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, Reactive balance training without Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Multiple Myeloma, Fall Risk Factors
Fall Risk Assessment and an Exercise Intervention for Prevention of Falls in Multiple Myeloma Patients
Approximately one third of the population over the age of 65 falls at least once a year. The risk of falling is in increased in older patients with tumor diseases.
- Conditions
- Multiple Myeloma, Fall Risk Factors, Strength Training Effects, Balance Training Effects
- Trial name
- Myfall (NCT07044427)
- Testing
- Strength and balance training in combination with a treadmill-based pertubation intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Sense4Safety Intervention
Falls and fall-related injuries are significant public health issues for adults 65 years of age and older. Over a third of older adults (OA) fall each year and 10-20% of falls result in serious injuries such as fractures and head…
- Trial name
- Sense4Safety (NCT07220668)
- Testing
- Sense4Safety
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Stroke
Balance Recovery and Training on Fall Prevention in Stroke
The specific aims of this research are delineated as the following: Aim 1: To investigate the neuromuscular and biomechanical mechanisms of the emerging processes of proactive and reactive balance control during sitting and…
- Trial name
- NCT00166907
- Testing
- Balance and Exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Fall Prevention, Muscle Power Performance
COMMUNITY-BASED POWER TRAINING IN FALLER AND NON-FALLER OLDER ADULTS: A FEASIBILITY AND FALL RISK STUDY.
Aging leads to substantial alterations in the nervous and skeletal muscle systems that ultimately lead to a reduction in "neural drive" and motor performance.
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention, Muscle Power Performance, Functional Mobility, Balance Control in Elderly
- Trial name
- POWER-AEQ (NCT07369440)
- Testing
- Multi-component exercise program focused on muscle power, Multi-component exercise program focused on traditional resistance training
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maia
Balance Impairment, Sarcopenia in Elderly
Multicomponent Exercise and Frailty in Nursing Home Residents
Frailty is common among older adults living in nursing homes and increases the risk of falls, disability, and loss of independence.
- Conditions
- Balance Impairment, Sarcopenia in Elderly, Frailty at Older Adults, Functional Decline
- Trial name
- BASE-Frail (NCT07686146)
- Testing
- Multicomponent Exercise Program (BASE), Usual Care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Escoles Universitaries Gimbernat
Stroke, Gait, Hemiplegic
GaitBetter: Motor and Cognitive Training for Gait Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention in Stroke Survivors.
In this research study, the investigators aim to test the usability and efficacy of the GaitBetter system for gait rehabilitation after stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Gait, Hemiplegic, Hemiplegia
- Trial name
- NCT04625127
- Testing
- Treadmill gait training with GaitBetter, Treadmill gait training with GaitBetter + Standard of care, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
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
Chronic Stroke
Effect of NMES on Balance and Fall Risk in Chronic Stroke
The aim of this study is to describe the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in the form of functional electrical stimulation (FES) applied to different lower limb muscles on reactive balance and gait…
- Trial name
- NMES (NCT04957355)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) or Functional electrical stimulation (FES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Falls, Accidental, Aging
Effect of Surfaces on Fall in Elderly
To investigate the effects of Thai dance exercises over 6 weeks on functional outcomes and incidence of fall in community-dwelling older individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT02919514
- Testing
- Physical training on hard surface., Physical training on sand surface., Physical training on soft surface.
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Khon Kaen University
Fall Risk, Fall Prevention
Instrumented vs. Conventional Perturbation-based Balance Training for Fall Prevention
In the past years, several studies have demonstrated the potential of task-specific perturbation-based balance training (PBT) for preventing falls at age.
- Trial name
- NCT04087512
- Testing
- Training on perturbation treadmill, Exercises of dynamic stability under unstable conditions
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leon Brüll
Fall Risk
Assessment of Fall Risks and Subject-specific Training for Fall Reduction
The target population of this project is older people with high risks of falls. About 30% community-dwelling individuals over 65 years of age fall each year and the rate of fall related injuries leading to loss of function and…
- Trial name
- NCT06396650
- Testing
- Home-based training, Lab-based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Accidental Fall, Fall Injury
The Impact of Specifically Adapted Judo-based Training Program on Risk Factors for Falls Among Adults
This is a control study with a 2-group pretest-posttest design investigating the effects of a 10-week judo-inspired exercise program (Judo4Balance) for physical functions, self-efficacy, activity level, and fall techniques among…
- Conditions
- Accidental Fall, Fall Injury, Work-related Injury, Work Accident
- Trial name
- J4BA (NCT04294342)
- Testing
- Active Comparator: Participants in 10 week Judo Inspired Exercise program
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalarna University
Fall Injury
Does Fall Arrest Strategy Training Improve Capacity to Prevent Fall-Related Injury in Older Women?
Falls are the leading cause of injury hospitalization for seniors across Saskatchewan and addressing the underlying causes is a provincial health priority.
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT04844047)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Fall Prevention
Motor Training for Fall Prevention
Slip-related falls often cause injury; these often have catastrophic consequences, even among the healthiest older persons. Establishing a retainable preventive training regimen against slip-related falls would, without doubt…
- Trial name
- NCT01621958
- Testing
- Repeated perturbation training, Minimal perturbation training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Aged
Simplified Pilates Training in Older Adults in Hong Kong
This study aims to examine the efficacy of the simplified Pilates exercise programme developed by a group of Pilates and rehabilitation experts in Hong Kong to reduce the risk of falling (the physical and psychological risk…
- Trial name
- NCT05016089
- Testing
- The 16-style simplified Pilates exercise programme
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Multicomponent Exercise and Pain Science Education for Fall Prevention in Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (MovePainFall)
Chronic musculoskeletal pain is common in older adults and is associated with reduced mobility, loss of function, poorer quality of life, fear of movement, fear of falling and a higher risk of falls.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Accidental Falls, Fear of Falling
- Trial name
- MovePainFall (NCT07889024)
- Testing
- MovePainFall multicomponent exercise programme, Pain science and fall-prevention education
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Knee Osteoarthritis, Arthroplasty Complications
Treadmill Perturbation Training for Fall Prevention After Total Knee Replacement
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about preventing falls in people who have total knee replacement surgery using treadmill perturbation training.
- Trial name
- NCT05736666
- Testing
- Treadmill-based perturbation training, Education Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis School
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of systematic education (osteoporosis school) on fall frequency, compliance and quality of life of a group of patients more than fifty years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT00224991
- Testing
- Intensive systematic information (osteoporosis school)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
Schizophrenia, Cognition
Cognitive and Balance Dual Task Training for People With Schizophrenia
After developing and pilot testing the training program, including the CogBals software, a 3-arm, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial is used to recruit 84 participants and then randomly allocated to the cognitive and…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Cognition, Balance, Dual Task
- Trial name
- NCT05341804
- Testing
- cognitive and balance dual task training, balance training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital