Physical Activity Monitoring in Frailty and Falling

BioSensics

Status: Completed

Conditions: Risk of Falling; Fraility

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01880229

2R42AG032748 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

12-0659-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

BioSensics has developed a Physical Activity Monitoring System (PAMSys) that consists of a single wearable motion sensor that is worn on the torso. The objectives of this observational study are the following: 1) to test the efficacy of PAMSys for objectively assessing a persons risk of falling based on activity data measured during activities of daily living and 2) to test the efficacy of PAMSys for identifying precise early physical activity or functioning indicators of frailty in those who are pre-frail or frail as compared to non-frail controls.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Community-dwelling ambulatory men or women ages 65 and above

Exclusion criteria

• Mental Status Mini Exam score < 23
• Those who are unwilling or unable to comprehend informed consent

Trial design

180 participants in 3 patient groups

non-frail

Description:

Categorized as non-frail based on Fried's five phenotypic criteria (Fried L.P., et al. Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype. Journal of Gerontology: 2001, Vol. 56A, No. 3, M146-M156)

pre-frail

Description:

Categorized as pre-frail based on Fried's five phenotypic criteria (Fried L.P., et al. Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype. Journal of Gerontology: 2001, Vol. 56A, No. 3, M146-M156)

frial

Description:

Categorized as frail based on Fried's five phenotypic criteria (Fried L.P., et al. Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype. Journal of Gerontology: 2001, Vol. 56A, No. 3, M146-M156)