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Exercise Intervention to Prevent Fall-related Fractures and Other Injuries : The Ossébo Study

NCT00545350 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 706

Last updated 2014-04-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls
  • Fractures
  • Fall-related Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Fall prevention exercise program

Weekly physical exercise sessions in small groups, led by a qualified and specially trained instructor, and supplemented by simple exercises to do at home. The exercise program will focus on progressive balance retraining but will also include strength/resistance, coordination and flexibility training exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Partenariats institutions-citoyens pour la recherche et l'innovation, Région Ile de France

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Patricia Dargent-Molina, PhD · Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 94800 Villejuif

  • Bernard Cassou, MD, PhD · Université Versailles-Saint Quentin, AP-HP, Hôpital Sainte Périne, 75016, Paris

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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