Effects of rollator use on posture, gait and balance and in older people
- Conditions
- gait insecurity, gait disorders
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025186
- Lead Sponsor
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Fakultät VI, Department für Versorgungsforschung, Abteilung Geriatrie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 83
Individual interviews:
- minumum age 70 years
- regular use of a rollator for at least 3 months for an average of 1h/day
Focus group:
- minimum age 18 years
- relevant experience with patients using rollators
- sufficient knowledge of German as well as physical, mental and cognitive abilities for an interview
gait analysis:
(see description of the different study arms)
General:
- insufficient knowledge of the German language
- severely reduced general condition, so that verbal communication is not possible or an interview is considered too much of a mental or physical strain
- severely impaired cognition (e.g. an advanced stage of dementia)
For gait analysis:
- Acute illnesses that would require special medical supervision during the experiments.
- Reduced resilience, which does not allow an accompanied walking without ambulatory aids of 15 minutes at a time
- Advanced disease with a life expectancy of < 6 months
- Severe visual limitations
- Joint replacement during the previous 6 months
- Technical limitations (body weight >135kg)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identification of one or more relevant parameters during gait analysis that best captures changes in the physiological gait pattern.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. gait parameters (A); body and arm swing movements (B); dynamic balance (C) in persons with and without a rollator.<br>2. identification of care and decision-making processes of users and health care providers regarding the prescription/acquisition of a rollator <br>3. changes in movement behaviour under the use of a rollator <br>