Pilot Study: Does Chiropractic Care Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults

NCT00497965 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: IRB-07252006FCER 06-10-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose is to study the effect of chiropractic care on balance in older adults.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Equilibrium

Keywords

Balance; Chiropractic; Older Adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean change scores for the BBS from baseline to 8 weeks will be compared with a one-factor analysis of variance. Post-hoc comparisons of means and associated confidence intervals will be evaluated using the Tukey test.

  Through December 2008

Interventions

Chiropractic Manipulation PROCEDURE

Balance Exercises BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 65 or older
• Able to stand steadily without assistance on one leg for an average of \<5 seconds (determined by averaging the time for both legs)
• Able to attend all scheduled sessions (by self-report)

You may not qualify if:

• Non-ambulatory (wheelchair-bound); this precludes required balance testing; however, volunteers requiring assistive devices such as canes and walkers are not excluded
• received chiropractic care or other manual care within the past three months (by self-report)
• initiated exercise program for balance / lower body strength within the past month (by self-report)
• contraindications to SMT or mild-exertion exercise, as determined by the clinician through physical exam and x-rays (if indicated). Contraindications include but are not limited to: signs and symptoms associated with vertebrobasilar insufficiency (including facial numbness, diplopia, drop attacks, dysphagia, and ataxia which are not fatiguable or habituable with repeated provocative head positioning); unstable or severe medical condition; severe osteoporosis, fracture or other osseous abnormalities; "high cardiovascular risk", i.e. persons with known severe cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic disease, or one or more major signs/symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
• absence of indications for SMT, as determined by the clinician through history, physical exam, orthopedic tests, and static and motion palpation. Indications for SMT include identification of decreased or increased spinal joint mobility usually accompanied by tenderness and muscle tension and spasm;
• unable to understand English adequately to complete study forms and questionnaires, because we do not have study personnel fluent in other languages;
• central causes of vertigo, including arteriovenous malformations, cerebral hemorrhage, brainstem vascular disease, tumors and demyelenating diseases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cleveland Chiropractic College: lead
• Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Cleveland Chiropractic College Health Center

Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Manipulation, Chiropractic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Cheryl Hawk, D.C., Ph.D.

  Cleveland Chiropractic College

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2007
• First Posted: July 9, 2007
• Study Start: April 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2008
• Study Completion: December 1, 2008
• Last Updated: April 20, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-04

Locations

US (1)