Randomized ActiveStep Clinical Evaluation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fall Prevention
• Interventions: Device: ActiveStep; Other: Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention

• Registration Number: NCT00810082
• Lead Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn if using the ActiveStep™ treadmill reduces the number and severity of falls in older adults. This is a pilot study. The information collected will be used to support a grant application for a large multi-center trial in the future.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-12
• Study First Submitted: 2008-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2008-12-17
• Primary Completion: 2009-12
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Results First Submitted: 2011-10-24
• Results First Submitted QC: 2012-02-21
• Results First Posted: 2012-03-26
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-25
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 65 or older
• Referred for balance training

Exclusion Criteria

• Age < 65

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group B	Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention	Physical therapy for fall prevention that includes ActiveStep
Group B	ActiveStep	Physical therapy for fall prevention that includes ActiveStep
Group A	Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention	Standard physical therapy for fall prevention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participants With at Least One Fall	3 months	Subjects who had at least one fall subsequent to treatment.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States