Balance Impairment and Falls Risk in People With Lower Limb Arthritis, and Can These be Improved With Exercise?

Arthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Which Measures of Balance Best Discriminate Balance Impairment and Falls Risk in People With Lower Limb Arthritis, and Can These be Improved With Exercise?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00527189
• Other study ID #: 98765
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 6, 2007
• Last updated: September 7, 2007
• Start date: January 2006
• Est. completion date: April 2007

Study information

• Verified date: September 2007
• Source: National Ageing Research Institute, Australia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Australia: Royal Melbourne Hospital Human Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Arthritis has been reported as a risk factor for falls. Few studies have investigated the effect of balance training on balance performance in women with lower limb arthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a four-month individualised home exercise programme in improving gait stability and balance for women with arthritis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: April 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Lower limb osteoarthritis or lower limb rheumatoid arthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

Participants were excluded if they:

• Did not have lower limb arthritis,

• Were bed bound,

• Had additional co-morbidities that confer risk of falls (such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, history of cardiac syncope, epilepsy),

• Had undergone lower limb surgery within the previous twelve months, and/or

• Had synvisc or a corticosteroid injection within the last six months.

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Balance Exercises
Home based balance exercises based on Otago Exercise programme

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	National Ageing Research Institute	Melbourne	Victoria

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Ageing Research Institute, Australia	Melbourne Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Australia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Falls Risk Human Activity Profile Confidence Balance Measures Gait Measures