Preventing falls in older age with yoga-based exercise: effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and implementatio
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- FallsInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619001183178
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 560
Inclusion Criteria
Eligible participants will:
a) Be aged 60 years and over;
b) Live independently at home;
c) Not currently participate in yoga;
d) Be able to attend the yoga classes either online or in person
Exclusion Criteria
People will be excluded if they:
a)Are house-bound” (have not been outside independently in past month);
b)Have a cognitive impairment (scoring 4 or less on the 8-point Memory Impairment Screen);
c)Have insufficient English language skills to fully participate;
d)Have self-assessed inability to walk 10 metres unassisted; have a progressive neurological disease (e.g. Parkinson‘s disease);
e)Have a medical condition precluding exercise (e.g. unstable cardiac disease).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of falls in the 12 months after randomisation, assessed using monthly falls calendars.[12 month period after randomisation.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method