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Clinical Trial: Training Compensatory Stepping and Grasping Reactions for Falls Prevention
This study is not yet open for patient recruitment.
Verified by Sunnybrook and Women''''s College Health Sciences Centre September 2005
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Purpose
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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| Accidental Falls | Behavior: Balance training (exercise) | Phase I |
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Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Secondary Outcomes: Fall frequency; volitional stepping and grasping reaction time; clinical measures related to balance and fall risk (e.g. FallScreen, Community Balance and Mobility Scale, balance confidence)
Expected Total Enrollment: 63
Study start: September 2005; Expected completion: December 2008
Last follow-up: March 2008; Data entry closure: March 2008
Physical activity and exercise have been shown to prevent falling in older adults, although the exact mechanisms by which exercise prevents falls is unclear. Compensatory stepping and grasping reactions are frequently used to prevent a fall to the ground following a loss of balance. Age-related impairment in these reactions may be related to an increased risk of falling. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate means for reversing age-related impairment in compensatory stepping and grasping reactions. Specifically, two different training methods will be investigated: one involving perturbation-evoked reactions, and one involving volitionally executed reactions.
Comparison(s): Balance recovery ability before and after a 6-week training program will be assessed. Performance of the two training groups will be compared to a control group not receiving stepping and grasping training.
Eligibility
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion Criteria:
- Community dwelling
- Functional mobility (no dependence on mobility aids)
Exclusion Criteria:
- >1 fall in the past year
- Diabetes
- Neurological or musculoskeletal disorder
- Cognitive problems (e.g. dementia)
- Osteoporosis
Location and Contact Information
Amy Peters, MHK 416-480-6100 Ext. 3512 amy.peters@swri.ca
Canada, Ontario
Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook & Women''''s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
Brian E Maki, PhD, PEng, Principal Investigator
Barbara A Liu, MD, FRCP (C), Principal Investigator
Brian Maki, PhD, PEng, Principal Investigator, Sunnybrook & Women''''s College Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto
More Information
Publications
Maki BE, McIlroy WE, Perry SD. Influence of lateral destabilization on compensatory stepping responses. J Biomech. 1996 Mar;29(3):343-53.
Province MA, Hadley EC, Hornbrook MC, Lipsitz LA, Miller JP, Mulrow CD, Ory MG, Sattin RW, Tinetti ME, Wolf SL. The effects of exercise on falls in elderly patients. A preplanned meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques. JAMA. 1995 May 3;273(17):1341-7.
Rogers MW, Johnson ME, Martinez KM, Mille ML, Hedman LD. Step training improves the speed of voluntary step initiation in aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2003 Jan;58(1):46-51.
McIlroy WE, Maki BE. Age-related changes in compensatory stepping in response to unpredictable perturbations. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1996 Nov;51(6):M289-96.
Maki BE, McIlroy WE. Change-in-support balance reactions in older persons: an emerging research area of clinical importance. Neurol Clin. 2005 Aug;23(3):751-83, vi-vii. No abstract available.
Last Updated: September 15, 2005
Record first received: September 9, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00187317
Health Authority: Canada: Health Canada
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-09-20
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