NCT00187317|CompletedPhase 1
Evaluation of a Balance-recovery Specific Falls Prevention Exercise Program
Development and Evaluation of a Perturbation-based Balance-training Program for Older Adults
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Development and Evaluation of a Perturbation-based Balance-training Program for Older Adults
Sponsor study identifier
interventional
37
1 country
1
Study Start
November 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
March 2007
Actual (reported)Study Completion
March 2008
Actual (reported)This study aims to investigate the potential to train compensatory stepping and grasping reactions for the prevention of falls.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
March 2008
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September 9, 2005
Actual (reported)September 16, 2005
Actual (reported)November 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
March 2007
Actual (reported)March 2008
Actual (reported)Ability to recover balance by stepping and grasping
Before and after 6-week intervention
Fall frequency; clinical measures related to balance and fall risk (e.g. FallScreen, Community Balance and Mobility Scale, balance confidence)
One year post-intervention
Perturbation-based balance training.
Flexibility and relaxation training.
Perturbation-based balance training. 30-minute sessions three times per week for six weeks.
30-minute sessions, three times per week for six weeks.
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Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
Maki BE, McIlroy WE, Perry SD. Influence of lateral destabilization on compensatory stepping responses. J Biomech. 1996 Mar;29(3):343-53. doi: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00053-4.
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.
Brian Maki, PhD, PEng
Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre; University of Toronto
37 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
September 9, 2005
First Posted
September 16, 2005
Study Start
November 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Falls Prevention Clinic
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
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. doi: 10.1093/gerona/58.1.m46.
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. doi: 10.1093/gerona/51a.6.m289.
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. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2005.01.002. No abstract available.
Maki BE, Cheng KC, Mansfield A, Scovil CY, Perry SD, Peters AL, McKay S, Lee T, Marquis A, Corbeil P, Fernie GR, Liu B, McIlroy WE. Preventing falls in older adults: new interventions to promote more effective change-in-support balance reactions. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2008 Apr;18(2):243-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.06.005. Epub 2007 Sep 4.
Mansfield A, Peters AL, Liu BA, Maki BE. A perturbation-based balance training program for older adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2007 May 31;7:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-12.
Mansfield A, Peters AL, Liu BA, Maki BE. Effect of a perturbation-based balance training program on compensatory stepping and grasping reactions in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Phys Ther. 2010 Apr;90(4):476-91. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20090070. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
Primary Completion
March 2007
Actual (reported)Study Completion
March 2008
Actual (reported)Last Updated
April 2, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-04
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