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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12618001361291
ACTRN12618001361291
Terminated
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A pilot study comparing the Lifestyle approach to reducing Falls through Exercise (LiFE) to a usual care approach of education and strengthening for reducing falls at 6 months in community living adults with stroke.

Associate Professor Natasha Lannin0 sites4 target enrollmentAugust 14, 2018

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Falls
Sponsor
Associate Professor Natasha Lannin
Enrollment
4
Status
Terminated
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 14, 2018
End Date
December 15, 2014
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Associate Professor Natasha Lannin

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Community living men and women aged 70 or older who have been admitted to an Alfred Health department or service after stroke, and who recall they have had two or more falls/slips or have had one injurious fall in the past 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria are moderate\-severe cognitive problems (as indicated by a score of 18 or less on the Mini Mental State examination or moderate\-severe impairment in any category on the Cognistat), no conversational English, inability to ambulate independently, resident in a nursing home or hostel, or any unstable or terminal medical illness which would preclude the planned exercises and is unlikely to resolve (e.g. aortic aneurysm, malignant arrhythmias, critical aortic stenosis, rotator cuff tear \& active hernias).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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