Association Between Fear of Falling and Spinal Stiffness.

Old Age; Atrophy Clinical Trial

— RAAPC  

Official title:

L'Impact de la Raideur Articulaire Pelvienne Sur la Peur de Chuter du Sujet âgé hospitalisé ou en Institution.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05134038
• Other study ID #: 294
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Hopital of Melun
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

1. / evaluation of the fear of falling using an FES-I questionnaire, distribution of subjects according to the score into 3 groups (16-19: little concerned by the fear of falling, 20-27 moderately concerned, 28-64 very concerned by fear of falling)

2. / evaluation of lumbar articular mobility by the schober index, coxofemoral by hip goniometry in flexion and extension (no evaluation of other amplitudes because lack of abduction / abduction / external and internal rotation of the hip remain functional in walking and the balance)

Description:

1. / evaluation of the fear of falling using an FES-I questionnaire, distribution of subjects according to the score into 3 groups (16-19: little concerned by the fear of falling, 20-27 moderately concerned, 28-64 very concerned by fear of falling)

2. / evaluation of lumbar articular mobility by the schober index, coxofemoral by hip goniometry in flexion and extension (no evaluation of other amplitudes because lack of abduction / abduction / external and internal rotation of the hip remain functional in walking and the balance)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 75 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• over 75 years old,

• Ability to understand and answer a questionnaire in French

• Ability to stand up

• Patient from the Melun hospital (santé pole center + nursing home of the GHSIF)

• Affiliated with a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental disorders,

• lumbar surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fear of Injury
• Old Age; Atrophy
• Osteoarthritis

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• anthropomorphic measurements
anthropomorphic measurements + FES questionnaire + demographic data and medications

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	GH Sud Ile-de-France, CH Melun-Sénart	Melun

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hopital of Melun

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (3)

Delbaere K, Close JC, Mikolaizak AS, Sachdev PS, Brodaty H, Lord SR. The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study. Age Ageing. 2010 Mar;39(2):210-6. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afp225. Epub 2010 Jan 8. — View Citation

Kendrick D, Kumar A, Carpenter H, Zijlstra GA, Skelton DA, Cook JR, Stevens Z, Belcher CM, Haworth D, Gawler SJ, Gage H, Masud T, Bowling A, Pearl M, Morris RW, Iliffe S, Delbaere K. Exercise for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Nov 28;2014(11):CD009848. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009848.pub2. — View Citation

Tinetti ME, Powell L. Fear of falling and low self-efficacy: a case of dependence in elderly persons. J Gerontol. 1993 Sep;48 Spec No:35-8. doi: 10.1093/geronj/48.special_issue.35. No abstract available. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Association FES and goniometry	Highlight a significant positive association between hips' goniometry (angle degree) and FES-I score (continuous scale without unit)	15 minutes
Primary	Association FES-I (continuous scale without unit) and Schober index (centimeter)	Highlight a significant positive association between Shober index and FES-I score	15 minutes