Gait Training Intervention to Evaluate the Efficacy of Using Virtual Reality to Decrease Fall Risk in the Elderly Population
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Gait dynamics
研究概览
简要总结
The study aims to investigate the efficacy of gait training using virtual reality to decrease the risk of falls in elderly idiopathic fallers. The investigator hypothesize that training with virtual reality would increase the ability to perform in the "real world" environment and decrease the risk of falls in elderly adults.
详细描述
The study is a prospective single-blinded randomized control study with repeated measures at pre intervention, post intervention and follow up at 3 and 6 months post intervention. For six months after termination of the intervention, all subjects will fill out a log book in which they will write the occurrence and date of falls. total time of participation in the study will be 8 months.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 85 Years（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •between the ages of 65-85
- •independent in activities of daily living
- •able to walk without assistance for at least 10 minutes
- •cognitively intact (Mini Mental State Exam ≥24)
- •reported 2 or more falls within 6 months prior to the beginning of the study
排除标准
- •any neurological, orthopedic or any other impairment likely to impact gait.
- •severe visual impairments
- •major depression as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria
结局指标
主要结局
Gait dynamics
时间窗: one week after training
using an accelerometer, the coefficient of variation will be calculated
次要结局
- cognitive function(one week after training)