Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Elderly
• Interventions: Behavioral: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT03981471
• Lead Sponsor: National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids

Brief Summary

In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-03
• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-10
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-22
• Primary Completion: 2026-12-31
• Study Completion: 2026-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4000

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Elderly with fall history	Exercise	Elderly people in the community who have fall history
Elderly without fall history	Exercise	Elderly people in the community who have no fall history

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of fall	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months (reported once per year)	Incidence of fall each year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Kinetics test	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months	During balance tests, assessing kinetics by using sEMG (high-density surface EMG).
EEG test	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months	During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using electroencephalogram (EEG).
fNIRS test	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months	During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
MRI assessments	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months	Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess brain mechanisms during foot movements.
Kinematics test	From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months	During balance tests, assessing kinematics by using inertia sensors.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids; 🇨🇳 Beijing, China