Clinical trials: Fall Risk
Metabolic Syndrome, Fall Risk
Physical Activity and Disability Prevention in Postmenopausal Women
The aim of this clinical study is to examine the impact of physical activity on the physical and mental health of postmenopausal women, with a particular focus on the development of disability.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Fall Risk, Sarcopenia in Elderly, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- PADP-Women (NCT06781541)
- Testing
- Nordic walking, Strength training, Bungy Pump Exercises
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
Fall Risk, Healthy Elderly
Training the Brain with a Robotic Device for Balance Recovery
The research objective of this study is to determine whether an intervention and associated robotic device called "Assisted Movement with Enhanced Sensation (AMES) can be used to enhance balance recovery following an unexpected…
- Trial name
- NCT02765425
- Testing
- AMES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
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
Fall Risk
The Effects of a Home-Based Fall Prevention Program on Community-Dwelling Elderly's Fall Risk Category
The primary goal of this dissertation study is to determine if a home-based multiplanar balance training program with electronic assistance, will be effective in reducing one's fall risk category.
- Trial name
- NCT06373276
- Testing
- multiplanar balance training exercise with education, education only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dilshaad Basrai Vad
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
Falls Risk
Acceptability of Hip Protector Airbags in Older People
Pilot study evaluating two different airbag hip protectors to see if community-dwelling older people will wear them and find them comfortable and acceptable.
- Trial name
- NCT06204471
- Testing
- Helite hip protector, Wolk hip protector
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Community-dwelling Older Adults, Fall Risk
Steady Feet: Proof of Value
It is well established that poorer functional performance is associated with falls in older adults. Exercise is shown to be an effective evidence-based intervention in improving functional performance.
- Trial name
- NCT04801316
- Testing
- Steady Feet exercise programme, Steady Feet Video
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Changi General Hospital
Balance, Fall Risk
Graded Motor Imagery and Fall Risk in Older Adults
To determine if there is any carry over effect of sensation training for the feet, officially called Graded Motor Imagery (GMI), will impact balance and fall risk factors in older individuals.
- Trial name
- GMI (NCT05715112)
- Testing
- Graded Motor Imagery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Ambrose 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
Falls Risk, Falls Prevention
Evaluation and Development of Falls Prevention and Management in the Community for Older Adults
This study investigates how differently-framed messages can affect people's attitude towards falls risk and prevention in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05198193
- Testing
- No Message Given, Positive Message Given - Older Adults, Negative Message Given - Older Adults
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Falls Related Risk Factors in the Elderly
New York University Falls Prevention Program
Limited health services research and evidence-based programming has been focused on elderly fall prevention, despite high fall-related morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT03935867
- Testing
- C-PROFET
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- New York University
Pes Planus, Fall Risk
Assessment of Balance in Patients With Pes Planus
Introduction: Pes planus is a foot deformity with increased contact of the foot with the ground as a result of the decrease or disappearance of the medial longitudinal arch of the foot.
- Trial name
- NCT05320003
- Testing
- Inky foot analysis, Evaluation of plantar pressure with pedobarography, Balance assessment with computerized posturography
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia; Alzheimer's Type (Etiology)
Effects of Strength Exercise on Fall Risk in Elderly With Alzheimer's Disease
Interventional study to show the effects of strength exercise on fall risk in elderly with Alzheimer's disease
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia; Alzheimer's Type (Etiology), Fall Risk, Elderly
- Trial name
- NCT04981587
- Testing
- Strength exercise, Usual treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Jaén
Fall, Risk Reduction
Prevention Focused Home-Based Physical Therapy Utilizing Community Partnership Referrals
This novel study supports the positive benefits of Home Based Older Persons Upstreaming Physical Therapy (HOP-UP-PT) to older adults identified as "at-risk" by their local senior center after participating in a prevention-focused…
- Trial name
- NCT04814459
- Testing
- HOP-UP-PT Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oakland University
Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control, Risk Assessment
Prevention of Falls in General Practitioner for Community-dwelling Older Adults [PreFalls]
The primary aim of this two-year project for falls prevention is to reduce number of falls and fall incidence in community-dwelling people of 65 years and older in the setting of general practitioners.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control, Risk Assessment, General Practitioner Education, Humans
- Trial name
- NCT01032252
- Testing
- Exercise intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 378 people
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Accidental Falls, Fall Due to Loss of Equilibrium
OHI--Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate Efficacy, Acceptability, and Perception of Benefit of an Innovative Custom AFO
The investigators propose a randomized control trial to evaluate long term effects and effectiveness of Moore Balance Brace (MBB) ankle foot orthoses (AFO) in reducing risk of falling in older adults.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Fall Due to Loss of Equilibrium, High Risk of Falls Due to Mobility Limitation, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02819011
- Testing
- MBB AFO, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Bijan Najafi, PhD
Fall Related Injury Risk
Reducing Injuries From Medication-Related Falls Using Computerized Alerts for High Risk Patients
Drug-related illness accounts for 5% to 23% of hospital admissions, and is now claimed to be the sixth leading cause of mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00818285
- Testing
- CDS for psychotropic drug management
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,628 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Cancer Survivor, Pain
Somatic Yoga and Meditation for Cancer Survivors With Pain From Neuropathy
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy syndrome (CIPN) causes significant pain in hands and feet and is an adverse effect of treatment.
- Conditions
- Cancer Survivor, Pain, Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Function
- Trial name
- Y4CIPN (NCT03786055)
- Testing
- Somatic Yoga and Meditation (SYM)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Stockton University
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
Elderly, Fall Risk
Effect of an Exercise Program on Risk of Fall in a Community Dwelling Older Adults
Background: Falls are a problem among the elderly population, it is known that currently about 30% of people over 65 years falls every year.
- Conditions
- Elderly, Fall Risk, Fall
- Trial name
- NCT03566719
- Testing
- Exercise program
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara Lúcia Morgado Martins