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Sleepiness and the Risk of Falling

NCT00383357 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2007-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to examine the impact of sleeping pills and waking up in the middle of the night on walking balance and cognitive function, to identify risk factors for falls in older adults. A significant percentage of falls, approximately 33 to 52 percent, occur during the nighttime and morning hours when people are normally sleeping; therefore, it is possible that sleep and sleeping medication related impairments in balance may contribute to this risk.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Balance
  • Sleep

Interventions

DRUG

zolpidem

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth P. Wright, PhD · Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado

  • Danielle J. Frey, PT, MS · Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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