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A Pilot Study of the Wii Fit as a Low-Cost Virtual Reality System to Evaluate Balance Ability in Older Adults

NCT01229969 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-01-24

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Summary

Accidental falls in older adults are highly prevalent and a major source of morbidity. Over 30% of people aged 65 or older fall each year with about half of these cases being recurrent. Falls may result in head trauma, bone fractures, and even death and are leading cause of both nonfatal and fatal injuries in older adults. The Nintendo Wii Fit is a suite of exercise and fitness video games using a balance board periphery developed for the Wii console. The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and validity of the Nintendo Wii Fit, in detecting balance problems in older community dwelling adults.20 ambulatory older adults will be recruited to participate in this study.Subject will be asked to complete 1 study visit. In this visit information will be gathered about the subjects overall health including fall assessments. Qualified subjects will be randomized into two study groups where one group will begin the study with Wii Fit testing followed by NeuroCom EquiTest evaluation and the other group in reversed order.

Conditions

  • Falls, Accidental

Interventions

OTHER

Wii Fit Balance Games

Ski Slaloms and Table Tilt

OTHER

NeuroCom EquiTest® System

Sensory Organization Test (SOT) and Limit of Stability (LOS).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Emory University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Atlanta VA Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Theodore M Johnson, MD,MPH · Atlanta Veteran Affairs Adminstration, Emory University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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