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The Senior Step Study How Elderly Help Themselves Maximally Forward

NCT01792180 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2018-08-29

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Summary

The Senior Step Study investigates whether feedback given by a mobility feedback device in combination with an instruction book containing every day exercises, motivates elderly to exercise more. By exercising more participants take charge of their own mobility and fall risk. Senior Step Study studies whether this 'exercising more' positively affects their mobility, fall risk, mental wellbeing, self-management, and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Self-management for Mobility Improvement in the Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mobility feedback device with use of instruction book

Weekly use of the mobility feedback device to measure gait speed. Two infrared sensors will be placed in the line of walking, a photo frame containing a display, symbols and lights will tell the participant when and how to perform the test. Gait speed is shown on the display and will serve as feedback to the participant. Participant can use their gait speed to decide which exercises from the instruction book he performs. Participants will be asked to keep an activity diary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Prof PhD MD · Radboud University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-01
Completion
2017-04-01

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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