Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies (STABLE)

National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Elderly

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03981471

2018YFC2001401

Details and patient eligibility

About

In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.

Enrollment: 4,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

4,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Elderly without fall history

Other group

Description:

Elderly people in the community who have no fall history

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Elderly with fall history

Other group

Description:

Elderly people in the community who have fall history

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise