Physiotherapist in the Emergency Department (KiUrge)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emergencies; Fall

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy in the emergency department after a fall

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05753319

RC23_0068

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the impact of assessment and early physiotherapy management on the care pathway of the elderly person who falls, their length of stay in hospital and their fall recurrence rate.

Enrollment: 155 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients aged 75 and over
2. Patients admitted to emergency for falls.
3. Clinically stable patient who may benefit from a gait assessment or fall risk assessment
4. Patients able to understand the protocol and not verbally object to participation.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with limb fractures requiring surgical treatment
2. Patients under guardianship or curatorship.
3. Patients already included in an interventional research protocol.

Trial design

155 participants in 2 patient groups

Physiotherapy group

Description:

Intervention group with assessment and early physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy in the emergency department after a fall

Control group

Description:

control group without assessment and physiotherapy in the emergency department