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Identify Subjects at Risk for Falling Using Acceleration Based Gait Analysis System

NCT00765297 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-07-27

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Summary

Because the increasing fall problem, mainly due to an impaired gait and balance ability and partly caused by trips, this study will investigate fall risk by detecting fall related movement characteristics and by detecting stumbles inclusive the compensation mechanism to recover from the trip. Based on the promising results using accelerometry for accurate and objective gait analysis, fall risk will be measured in younger and older (\>60y) subjects using a triaxial accelerometer.

Conditions

  • Fall Risk

Interventions

DEVICE

fall related movement (stumble) detector

movement pattern (gait,balance) of young subjects recovery of a stumble in young subjects

DEVICE

fall related movement characteristic (stumble) detector

age related gait changes influencing movement pattern different pattern to recover from a trip

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • kenneth Meijer, UD · University Maastricht

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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