The effect of a specific balance-strategy training program in women aged 40-60 years
- Conditions
- Fall preventionHealthy AgeingLifestyle changeBalanceFall preventionHealthy AgeingLifestyle changeBalancePhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyPublic Health - Health promotion/education
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12607000625471
- Lead Sponsor
- Division of Physiotherapy School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences The University of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
live independently in the community
- aged between 40 and 60 years of age
- have no history of unexplained falls/recent injury such as sprained ankle within last 12 months
- ambulate without an aid
- able to give informed consent
- able to undertake comprehensive assessment
- willing to commit to at least a 12 week program and 24 months follow-up period
-classify their habitual physical activity as home based chores or self paced activity once or twice a week
- have fallen at some time within the previous year
- have an unstable cardiac condition
- live in a region too far from the three sites where the program is to be delivered and thus could not guarantee regular attendance
- have uncorrected vision
- have diagnosed pathology that could account for changes in postural stability including neurological disorders,dizziness or vestibular pathology,insulin-dependent diabetes,peripheral neuropathy,peripheral vascular disease that requires active management or surgical intervention;major musculoskeletal dysfunction that requires active management or surgical intervention, and require medication for psychiatric disorders, depression or anxiety as an association of such medication with falls has been demonstrated
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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