Workplace Fall Prevention Through Slip Recovery Training

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of applying slip recovery training, a novel balance training exercise intervention, to workers who are at increased risk of slip-induced falls. This will be done via field studies with industrial partners. The main specific aims are are: - To investigate the feasibility of on-site slip recovery training - To validate field assessments for evaluating slip recovery training efficacy in subsequent research Participants will complete 3-6 once-weekly sessions of slip recovery training, answer daily text messages indicating any falls they experience while working over the 12 weeks after completing slip recovery training, and a subset of workers will be asked to participate in focus group discussions after the 12 weeks to provide information on the long-term feasibility of slip recovery training. A group of workers at Virginia Tech will also be asked to complete a laboratory session of testing during which they will be exposed to a laboratory-induced slip so that gold-standard measures of slip-induced fall recovery can be used to validate field assessments. Workers who complete slip recovery training will be compared to another group of workers who complete an alternative balance training that should improve balance but not improve slip recovery that is targeted by slip recovery training.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Accidental Fall

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05740124
Study type	Interventional
Source	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Contact	Michael L Madigan, PhD
Phone	(540) 231-3543
Email	mlm@vt.edu
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 1, 2023
Completion date	December 1, 2024

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