Evaluation of the Impact of Non-slip Socks on Motor Recovery in the Elderly

NCT04882696 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: CHD 20-0059
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population. The investigatorswould therefore like to know the interest of wearing non-slip socks in the management of these patients, and more particularly on the main objective of rehabilitation in geriatric physiotherapy: motor function.

Conditions

Aging; Acute Care Unit; Fall Injury

Keywords

non slip socks; aging; rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline walking speed (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.

  Change from Baseline walking speed at the patient's preferred speed over 10m between (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.

  Day 8

Study Arms (2)

usual care with bare feet

NO INTERVENTION

patients will be treated barefoot during their stay

specific care with anti-slip socks

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in this group will wear non-slip socks

Other: Non-slip socks

Interventions

Non-slip socks OTHER

Patients will wear non-slip socks during their hospitalization

specific care with anti-slip socks

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 75 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patient in Geriatric acute care or Post-Emergency Medicine,
• Patient 75 years and older,
• Patient requiring physiotherapy,
• Patient with a minimum of 7 days of physical therapy
• Patient arrived with unsuitable footwear (assessment at the discretion of the clinician: no back support, unsuitable size, etc.) or without footwear,
• Patient able to walk at least 10 m with or without technical assistance,
• Patient who has given oral consent
• Patient with social security coverage.

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to understand or perform study-specific clinical tests
• Known cognitive impairment, disease or condition that compromises comprehension of information or informed consent by the patient
• Blind patient
• Patient under guardianship or curatorship
• Patient participating in an interventional clinical research protocol that may alter the assessments of this protocol.
• Patient previously included in the Charm study
• Patient with an identified risk of being unable to wear socks or to walk barefoot within the next 7 days (need for compression stockings or socks, wound, excessive edema, orthostatic hypotension, other)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vende

La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Rulleau T, Planche L, Dorion A, Soldani G, Blain C, Chapeleau C, Bleher Y, Da Silva C, Launeau N, Joguet E, Fevrier R, Decours R. Evaluation of the impact of non-slip socks on the motor recovery of elderly people in acute care hospitals: Protocol for a randomized, controlled trial study. PLoS One. 2023 May 1;18(5):e0283226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283226. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37126507 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Thomas RULLEAU

  Departmental Hospital Center of Vendee

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 29, 2021
• First Posted: May 12, 2021
• Study Start: March 4, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 11, 2022
• Study Completion: March 11, 2022
• Last Updated: November 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)