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Prevention of Falls in General Practitioner for Community-dwelling Older Adults [PreFalls]

NCT01032252 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 378

Last updated 2020-12-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary aim of this two-year project for falls prevention is to reduce number of falls and fall incidence in community-dwelling people of 65 years and older in the setting of general practitioners. In addition a reduction of fall-related injuries, reduction of fall-related risk factors and preservation of Quality of Life is to be achieved.

A second goal of this study is the implementation of standardized assessment for fall risk factors as well as building up a network between instructors for fall prevention exercise and general practitioners.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls/Prevention & Control
  • Risk Assessment
  • General Practitioner Education
  • Humans
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise intervention

16 week exercise once a week of 60 minutes intervention by trained fall prevention instructors and a home program. Intervention includes strength/power training, balance/gait training, behavioral aspects and perceptual and functional training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technical University of Munich

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Monika Siegrist, PhD · Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention and Sports Medicine TU Munich

  • Ellen Freiberger, PhD · Department of Sport Science, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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