Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of two perturbation-based treadmill training protocols for improving reactive balance in fall-prone older people: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Older people at increased risk of falling
- Registration Number
- DRKS00030805
- Lead Sponsor
- Geriatrisches Zentrum, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg; AGAPLESION BETHANIEN KRANKENHAUS HEIDELBERG
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
age = 65 years; increased risk of falling (timed up and go > 12 s, habitual gait speed < 1.0 m/s and/or fall in the previous year); walking without aid =2 min; ability to consent; written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination < 24 points); severe neurological, cardiovascular, metabolic, mental or psychiatric disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reactive balance assessed (1) during standing using the Stepping Threshold Test and (2) during walking using a video-based motion analysis. Assessment time points are before (T1) and after the 6-week intervention phase (T2) and another 6 weeks after the end of the intervention (T3).<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Four-Square Step Test, Brief Balance Evaluation Systems Test, instrumented 10-m gait analysis, 2-min Walk Test, Short Physical Performance Battery, Timed Up and Go, sensor-based activity monitoring, Falls-Efficacy Scale-International, Trail Making Test A & B, self-perceived difficulties & anxiety during perturbation-based treadmill training (PBT) and acceptance of PBT (via quesionnaire and focus groups)