Can an enhanced balance training programme improve mobility & reduce falls in elderly patients presenting to Health Services
Completed
- Conditions
- Injury, occupational diseases, poisoning: Musculoskeletal injuryInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN36275952
- Lead Sponsor
- HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
200 patients over 60 years of age who present with falls/deteriorating mobility to outpatient clinics, A & E departments and outpatients therapy services on 3 sites.
Exclusion Criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Timed 3 metre walk; Self Perception Questionnaire (SPQ); Berg Balance Scale (incorporating the 180 degree turn); Balance Performance Monitor (BPM); Falls Efficacy Scale; Frenchay Activities Index; Euroqual; patient satisfaction.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration