Preserving Autonomy Through Foot Health: a Study on the Acceptability of a Program Including Various Workshops for the Elderly (MINIPAS)

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux

Status: Completed

Conditions: Falling

Treatments: Other: Program Including Various Workshops aiming to preserve elderly's autonomy through foot health

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06421623

2024-A00086-41 (Other Identifier)

RIPH2-FUNDENBERGER-MINIPAS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Every year in France, 2 million falls by people over 65 are responsible for 10,000 deaths, the leading cause of accidental death, and more than 130,000 hospitalizations.

The investigators will combine minimalist footwear, plantar massage, and workshops to re-learn walking and posture. The main objective of this study is to verify the acceptability and feasibility of this program among the elderly.

Full description

Study participants will benefit from a plantar massage session (5-10 min massage performed by a podiatrist) and one posture and walking workshop per week, also supervised by the podiatrist. Minimalist shoes have been purchased by the centers and used during the workshops. They will also be available to participants outside the workshops for the duration of the study.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People over 65 years of age
• Able to walk independently with or without a walking aid (cane, walker, etc.)
• Persons affiliated with a social security system or assimilated
• Persons (participants, guardians, or curators where applicable) who have been informed and have given their written consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• People with a contraindication to wearing minimalist shoes
• Persons unable to participate in the various workshops
• Refusal to participate in research
• Persons under court protection
• Persons unable to walk
• Persons with any other contraindication at the investigator's discretion

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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59 participants in 1 patient group

Workshops aiming to preserve elderly's autonomy through foot health

Experimental group

Description:

Study participants will benefit from a plantar massage session (5-10 min foot massage) and one posture and walking workshop per week, supervised by a trained health professional. Minimalist shoes have been purchased by the centers and used during the workshops. They will also be available to participants outside the workshops for the duration of the study.

Treatment:

Other: Program Including Various Workshops aiming to preserve elderly's autonomy through foot health