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Safe Landing Strategy in Older Adults

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03540082
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2019 by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Recruitment status was:  Not yet recruiting
First Posted : May 30, 2018
Last Update Posted : May 14, 2019
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purposes of this project to examine whether older adults can learn safe landing strategy during a fall. The research hypotheses are three-fold: 1) To determine whether older adults can learn a safe landing strategy to reduce impact severity of falling; 2) To examine whether the training effect on the right side falls can be transferred to the left side falls; and 3) To examine 1-week and 3-month retention effect of fall strategy training in older adults.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Fall Prevention Fall Injury Fall Safety Other: Tuck and Roll Group Other: Fall Exposure Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 90 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Safe Landing Strategy in Older Adults
Estimated Study Start Date : January 19, 2020
Estimated Primary Completion Date : December 1, 2021
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 1, 2021

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MedlinePlus related topics: Falls

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Fall Exposure
An instructor will implicitly be exposed to the falling technique. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.
 Other: Fall Exposure
An instructor will implicitly be exposed to the falling technique. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.
No Intervention: Control
Written instructions will be provided on the correct way to fall without physical practice.
Tuck and Roll Group
An instructor will explicitly verbally and visually demonstrate the falling technique and provide feedback on participant performance. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.
 Other: Tuck and Roll Group
An instructor will explicitly verbally and visually demonstrate the falling technique and provide feedback on participant performance. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Safe Landing Strategy [ Time Frame: 1-week and 3-months post ]

    To determine whether older adults can learn a safe landing strategy to reduce impact severity of falling through a composite outcome from the following measures:

    1. Forceplate measurements (CueFors2, Motek Medical)
    2. Motion capture (VICON, Oxford Metrics)
    3. Inertial sensor (BioStampRC, MC10)
    4. Short-term skill acquisition (Aim 1) will be quantified as change in hip impact force between baseline and post assessments on visit 4


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Retention effects [ Time Frame: 3-months post ]

    Examine retention effect of fall strategy training through a composite score from the following:

    1. Participant questionnaire
    2. Track and review which participants attend all four study visits


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   60 Years to 70 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • BMI 18.5-30 kg/m2
  • Healthy bone mass (2.5 SD of young)
  • No tumbling experience

Exclusion Criteria:

  • > 70 years old
  • Bone fracture within 3 years
  • Osteoporosis
  • Blood thinners
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Contacts
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Contact: Emily Pike 2172447006 epike@illinois.edu

Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Responsible Party: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03540082    
Other Study ID Numbers: 17577
First Posted: May 30, 2018    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 14, 2019
Last Verified: April 2019

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
Aging
Older Adults
Fall prevention
Fall safety
Safe landing