Improved Training Program for Fall Prevention of War Fighters
- Conditions
- Limb Injury
- Registration Number
- NCT03446131
- Lead Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
- Brief Summary
This study will train War Fighters with lower extremity trauma to decrease fall risk.
- Detailed Description
Eligible active duty service members, retired or veterans who participated in rehabilitation programs at Department of Defense Advanced Rehabilitation Centers (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Center for the Intrepid-San Antonio Military Medical Center and/or the Naval Medical Center San Diego) will be considered for enrollment in this study. This study will look at service members who have undergone transfemoral, transtibial or bilateral lower extremity amputation or limb salvage procedures. Participants will receive fall prevention training on an instrumented treadmill (6, training sessions). Participants will receive three performance assessments:-immediately following completion of the treadmill training and at three and six months following the completion of the training. Post training, twice per month subjects will receive an email containing a follow up fall questionnaire monitoring if they have fallen and the circumstances surrounding their fall. If they do not have access to email, or if a timely response is not received from the email questionnaire which was sent out, subjects will be contacted by phone.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
- Eligible active duty and retired service members and veterans with lower limb trauma
- Transfemoral amputation, transtibial amputation, bilateral amputation and or limb salvage
- Participated in conventional rehab at one of the following rehab centers: Walter Reed National Medical Center, Center for the Intrepid Brooke Army Medical Center, Naval Medical Center San Diego
- Community ambulator
- Prosthesis / Orthosis use daily
- Dysvascular disease
- Excessive pain
- Neuromuscular problems preventing the performance of study protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Trunk Position Change from baseline at 0, 3, and 6 months after completing training Trunk Position (referenced to vertical) at recovery step completion
Change in Trunk Velocity Change from baseline at 0, 3, and 6 months after completing training Trunk Velocity at recovery step completion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method FSST Change from baseline at 0, 3, and 6 months after completing training Four-Square Step Test
Falls Change from baseline at 0, 3, and 6 months after completing training Falls per month reported in the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire - Addendum
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
Naval Medical Center San Diego
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
🇺🇸Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
🇺🇸Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Center for the Intrepid Brooke Army Medical Center
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
Naval Medical Center San Diego🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States