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Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Exercise.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Elderly. Basic parameters: 18 years — 85 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
STrategies and mechAnisms of Community-Based falL Prevention in Elderly
Overview
In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.
Interventions
- Behavioral Exercise
Elderly 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.
Primary outcome measures
- Incidence of fall [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months (reported once per year)]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Kinematics test [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months]
- Kinetics test [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months]
- EEG test [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months]
- fNIRS test [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months]
- MRI assessments [Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- community dwelling adults without medical conditions to impair walking ability
Exclusion criteria
- cognitively or physically unable to cooperate with the examiner to finish the test
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Diagnostic
Study locations
China · 2 centers
- National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids — Beijing
- National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT03981471 · 2018YFC2001401