Randomized ActiveStep Clinical Evaluation (RACE)

Dartmouth Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fall Prevention

Treatments: Other: Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention; Device: ActiveStep

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00810082

TDI001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn if using the ActiveStep™ treadmill reduces the number and severity of falls in older adults. This is a pilot study. The information collected will be used to support a grant application for a large multi-center trial in the future.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 65 or older
• Referred for balance training

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 65

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard physical therapy for fall prevention

Treatment:

Other: Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention

Group B

Experimental group

Description:

Physical therapy for fall prevention that includes ActiveStep

Treatment:

Other: Standard Physical Therapy for Fall Prevention

Device: ActiveStep