Effectiveness of a screening program for early balance problems and a targeted exercise intervention in older people
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Balance dysfunction in older peoplePhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12607000525482
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Ageing Research Institute (NARI)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 205
Inclusion Criteria
being aged 65 years; living in the community (at home or in a retirement village); being community ambulant; uses no walking aid or only a single point stick; has had no more than one fall in the past 12 months; has concerns about balance, confidence or near falls.
Exclusion Criteria
people younger than 65 years; people live in a residential care facility; people who walk away from home less than three times weekly; people who use a walking frame; people who have had more than one fall in the past year; people who have no concern about balance, confidence or near falls.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method laboratory meausres of balance performance, measured by the NeuroCom Balance Master (Long plate). e.g. Modifided Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction Stability (CTSIB), composite score.[at six months after randomisation];Clinical measures of balance, mobility and muscle strength. e.g. Step Test (ST); walking velocity; abductor muscle strength meausred by hand-held dynamometer.[at six month after randomisation]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Activity level measured by the Human Activity Profile (HAP)[at six months after randomisation];Quality of Life measured by the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)[at six months after randomisation];Fear of falling meausred by the Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES)[at six months after randomisation];Falls incidence during the follow-up period, recorded by Falls History[at six months after randomisation]