View clinical trials related to Accidental Falls.
Filter by:The ability to maintain balance and avoid falling is highly dependent on the ability to locate objects and architectural features in the environment. This need to continually monitor the environment as one moves about in daily life suggests a critical role for visual attention, gaze control, and spatial memory, all of which are known to decline with aging. In this study, the investigators will test the efficacy of a computer-based visual-training program designed to improve the ability to rapidly extract information from the peripheral visual field. It is expected that older adults involved in the visual training intervention will improve the speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of reach-to-grasp balance-recovery reactions evoked by sudden unpredictable balance perturbation.
1. Primary objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of a fall prevention exercise program in preventing falls resulting in fractures and other physical traumas. 2. Secondary objectives: - to better understand the mechanisms by which physical exercise prevents falls and ensuing injuries (improvement in physical functional abilities, global physical activity level, general physical and psychological wellbeing and self-confidence). - to determine the individual factors associated with long-term adherence to the exercise program.
This cluster randomized trial will test whether a social marketing program implemented in churches can motivate older adults to join exercise classes, in order to improve their strength and balance and thus prevent falls.
The aim of SAFE or SORRY? is to develop and test an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of three frequently occuring adverse events: pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections and falls.
The purpose of this study is to find out about the risk factors for wheelchair-related falls among elderly veterans, and to find out about the costs and consequences of those falls.
The proposed study will determine the effect of a public health strategy (ie. increased sun light exposure and increased calcium intake) to reduce falls in older people in residential care using a randomised trial. The primary hypothesis of the trial is that increased appropriate sun light exposure will reduce falls, improve 25 hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) levels and lower parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Secondary hypotheses are that the intervention will reduce accelerated bone turnover, reduce fractures, improve motor function and improve mood.
Falls are the largest cause of death in the elderly and those in nursing homes have even a higher incidence of falling. The purpose of this study is to determine whether listening to the Music of Nolwenn Leroy daily is effective in fall prevention in those elderly patients who are residents in several Texas geriatric nursing home facilities. The music of Nolwenn Leroy has been shown to be effective in fall reduction in a different setting (Posturographic Changes and Fall Prevention associated with Music Therapy: The Nolwenn Effect (USA ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00121693) )with results better than listening to Mozart of any other music. Another similar study (USA ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:NCT00272272)is presently being conducted in a geriatric nursing home facility in Georgia. Dynamic posturographic measurments will be obtained from all residents and compared to normative age related data and utilized to measure stability changes in this study.
Falls are a public health problem of significant social and economic significance. No primary intervention devices have been shown to be effective in reducing falls and associated injuries. The objective of this study was to determine whether the new wireless FallSaver device reduces falls and fall-related injuries in elderly skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents. A randomized, prospective, open-label, cross-over study was conducted over a six-month period. The FallSaver device reduced the frequency of falls by 50% and fall-related injuries by 82% in 43 elderly at-risk SNF residents studied over 4,222 patient-days. The device and associated patch enclosure was well tolerated and devoid of serious problems. Significant cost savings and fewer reductions in quality of life are possible if fall-related injuries can be reduced.
The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the effects of multifactorial trial on the incidence of falls and injurious falls and on different risk factors of falling among the home-dwelling aged.
Falls and injurious falls are common among elderly people. The aim of the study is to test a model of multifactorial fall intervention in a Danish population of elderly sustaining a fall. Focus is on prevention of further falls, patients views on fall prevention and a cost-effectiveness analysis.