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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615001022550
ACTRN12615001022550
Completed
Not Applicable

For clients attending outpatient rehabilitation with balance deficits, does providing them with an additional two home visits to set them up with a home exercise program (Otago) along with usual care (1:1 centre based therapy, balance group program and possible home exercise program given to them at the centre) provide them with improvements in physical balance outcomes compared to those who complete usual care (1:1 centre based therapy and balance group program and possible home exercise program given to them at the hospital)?

Craig Whitbourne0 sites44 target enrollmentStarted: October 1, 2015Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Craig Whitbourne
Enrollment
44

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
o limit to o limit (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients were included if they met the following criteria: were clients at the rehabilitation centre and were referred for management of balance and strength problems. Participants were not excluded if their first language was other than English; interpreters were available at the centre for participants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients were excluded if they had a cognitive impairment (as measured by an Abbreviated mental Test Score of less than or equal to 7\) or if they were not safe to participate in a balance exercise group.

Investigators

Sponsor
Craig Whitbourne

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