Visually Impaired OLder people’s Exercise programme for falls prevention (VIOLET): a feasibility study

niversity of Northumbria at Newcastle0 个研究点目标入组 80 人开始时间: 2015年5月21日最近更新: 2023年6月26日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Age >60 years
•2. Attend a low vision clinic and/or are members of organisations for the visually impaired such as NSBP in Newcastle or Visibility in Glasgow
•3. Live in their own home
•4. Can walk indoors without the help of another person but may use a walking aid such as a stick
•5. Can walk outdoors but may need the help of another and/or walking aid
•6. Physically able to take part in a group exercise class
•7. Participant has given informed consent (as appropriate to each older person with visual impairment) to participate in the study prior to any study-specific procedures

•1. Unable to comprehend or follow simple movement instructions in English (to an extent of being unable to follow simple movement instructions)
•2. Acute or uncontrolled medical problems which the participant’s General Practitioner considers would exclude then from undertaking the exercise programme (e.g. uncontrolled heart disease, poorly controlled diabetes, acute systemic illness, neurological problems, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)) in addition to visual impairment
•3. Conditions requiring a specialist exercise programme e.g. uncontrolled epilepsy, severe neurological disease or impairment, unable to maintain a seated upright position or unable to move independently indoors
•4. Current involvement in other falls prevention exercise programmes (but not excluding walking programmes), investigational studies or trials

发起方

niversity of Northumbria at Newcastle