Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies
ConditionElderly
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-85
SponsorNational Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids
About this trial
In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
community dwelling adults without medical conditions to impair walking ability
Disqualifiers
cognitively or physically unable to cooperate with the examiner to finish the test
Trial design
Design model
Factorial
Treatments tested in this trial
Exercise
BehavioralElderly people with or without fall history receive exercise to improve balance. Exercise interevention will be given 6 months in 2020. Outcomes (incidence of fall and biological tests) between two arms will be compared.
Treatment groups
4,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Elderly without fall historyOther 1 intervention
Group B: Elderly with fall historyOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Incidence of fall
Incidence of fall each year
Time frame
From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months (reported once per year)Secondary outcomes
1
Kinematics test
During balance tests, assessing kinematics by using inertia sensors.
Time frame
From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months2
Kinetics test
During balance tests, assessing kinetics by using sEMG (high-density surface EMG).
Time frame
From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months3
EEG test
During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using electroencephalogram (EEG).
Time frame
From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months4
fNIRS test
During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
Time frame
From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 monthsSponsors and contacts
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National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids
Lead sponsor
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov