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Safe-Grip Fall/Injuries Intervention: A Randomized Trial

NCT00013078 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2015-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Falls are the leading cause of nonfatal injuries in the United States and the second leading cause of all unintentional injury deaths. Each year fractures of the hip account for about 200,000 hospitalizations among the elderly and falls are contributing factors in 40 percent of admissions to nursing homes. About 30 percent of community-dwelling elderly fall each year, with about 10 percent seeking emergency medical help for a fall injury. Data from CDC-funded study to assess falls among the elderly (SAFE) suggest that as many as 41 percent of elderly patients fall at home in the year following discharge from hospitalization due in part to deconditioning associated with inactivity.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Physical restoration intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Carolee A. DeVito, PhD MPH · Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2001-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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