MOVE Together: Reduce falls.Evaluating a program developed Together with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to support older people to MOVE better and Reduce Falls
- Conditions
- Older people at risk of fallingPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidentsInjuries and Accidents - FracturesMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624000658516
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Melbourne
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
•65 years of age or over
•From Italian, Arabic speaking or Chinese communities.
•Deemed Intermediate or High risk of falls as per the Global Falls Guidelines
Algorithm.
•Living in the community (including living in a retirement village)
•Residing within 20 km of a Study Site.
•Unable to walk 10 metres.
•Major cognitive impairment
•Unable to provide informed consent.
•Progressive neurological disorder (e.g. Parkinson’s Disease)
•Other medical issues which impacts ability to exercise.
•Currently doing three hours or more per week exercise,
•Currently doing regular (twice a week or more) balance and functional strength training.
•Currently attending a Falls and Balance Service, receiving Physiotherapy services for management of lower limb/ back conditions, or receiving Exercise Physiology Services. People attending these services will be eligible for inclusion once they have been discharged from these services providing they meet other criteria.
•Living in a residential care facility
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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