Accidental Falls Clinical Trial
— EWiiOfficial title:
Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Primary Care Intervention Using the NintendoTM Wii Console to Improve Balance and Decrease Falls in the Elderly (EWii)
Verified date | March 2017 |
Source | Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The objectives of this study are to evaluate the usefulness of an intervention utilizing the NintendoTM Wii console in order to improve balance, thereby decreasing both the fear of falling as well as the number of falls, and to evaluate the correlation between balance as determined by the console and the value obtained in the Tinetti tests and the one foot stationary test.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 1037 |
Est. completion date | December 2016 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2016 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 70 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Individuals aged 70 or older, of both genders, - with the ability to walk, with or without technical assistance - who are available for a one year period and who agree to participate in the study, signing an informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: - Home-bound patients - individuals who are already receiving rehabilitation treatment on walking - those with moderate cognitive deterioration (Pfeiffer =5) - terminally ill patients - individuals who do not have a telephone - those with communication difficulties: cognitive and/or sensory deterioration, language barriers |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Spain | Jordi Gol Gurina Foundation | Barcelona | Catalonia |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation |
Spain,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Balance calculated by the Tinetti test | change from baseline in Tinetti Test at 3 and 12 months | ||
Primary | Balance calculated by the one footed stationary test | change from baseline in one footed stationary test at 3 and 12 months | ||
Primary | Percentage of balance calculated by the NintendoTM Wii console | change from baseline in Percentage of balance calculated by the NintendoTM Wii console at 3 and 12 months | ||
Primary | Fear of falling | The Short FES-I (Falls Efficacy Scale) looks at the probability of falling in seven everyday situations. Scoring ranges from 7 to 28 points (high scores indicate a greater fear of falling) | change from baseline in FES-I at 3 and 12 months | |
Secondary | Number of falls | Change from baseline in number of falls at 12 months |
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