Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies
Overview
In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.
Full Title of Study: “STrategies and mechAnisms of Community-Based falL Prevention in Elderly”
Study Type
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design
- Allocation: Non-Randomized
- Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
- Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
- Masking: None (Open Label)
- Study Primary Completion Date: December 31, 2022
Interventions
- Behavioral: Exercise
- Elderly people with or without fall history receive exercise to improve balance. Exercise interevention will be given 6 months in 2020. Outcomes (incidence of fall and biological tests) between two arms will be compared.
Arms, Groups and Cohorts
- Other: Elderly without fall history
- Elderly people in the community who have no fall history
- Other: Elderly with fall history
- Elderly people in the community who have fall history
Clinical Trial Outcome Measures
Primary Measures
- Incidence of fall
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months (reported once per year)
- Incidence of fall each year
Secondary Measures
- Kinematics test
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months
- During balance tests, assessing kinematics by using inertia sensors.
- Kinetics test
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months
- During balance tests, assessing kinetics by using sEMG (high-density surface EMG).
- EEG test
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months
- During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using electroencephalogram (EEG).
- fNIRS test
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months
- During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
- MRI assessments
- Time Frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months
- Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess brain mechanisms during foot movements.
Participating in This Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- community dwelling adults without medical conditions to impair walking ability Exclusion Criteria:
- cognitively or physically unable to cooperate with the examiner to finish the test
Gender Eligibility: All
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 85 Years
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Investigator Details
- Lead Sponsor
- National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids
- Collaborator
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People“s Republic of China
- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Principal Investigator: Pengxu Wei, Director – National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids
- Overall Contact(s)
- HL Su, Dr, 86-10-58122882, suhonglun@nrcrta.cn
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