The Effect of Combined Volitional and Reactive Step Training in Reducing Falls Risk in Older Fallers

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Older Adults With a History of Falls

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise; Behavioral: Active Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06378164

P0041406

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the immediate and sustained effect of a 4-week combined volitional and reactive step training on fall risks in community-dwelling older fallers.

Enrollment: 98 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Community-dwelling
• Able to walk for 1 minute under supervision without walking aids
• Have a history of falling in the past year

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment (i.e., scores below the age and education-specific cut-off of 7th percentile in the 5-minute Montreal cognitive assessment)
• Blindness
• Neurological conditions (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease)
• Other serious illnesses that preclude participation in exercise training

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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98 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Combined volitional and reactive step training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise

Non-specific exercise group

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active Control