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Kuopio Fall Prevention Study.

NCT02665169 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 914

Last updated 2019-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the 6 month exercise intervention (Taiji and gym course) combined with free use of communal recreation facilities in fall prevention.

Morbidity, use of social services and health outcomes of aging women in province of Kuopio, Finland are also monitored. The study combines a six months supervised exercise, followed by six months free, but unsupervised, use of recreational facilities and observational period of second year into total of 2 year follow up duration.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls
  • Health Behavior
  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supervised physical exercise

Supervised physical exercises in Taiji and weight training. Free use and access into municipal recreation and training facilities for one year.

OTHER

Health counselling

Health counselling, fall prevention strategies at home, information concerning municipal recreational services available.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Eastern Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heikki Kröger, Professor · Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital

  • Toni Rikkonen, Dr · Kuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Eastern Finland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Max Age
84 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2019-05-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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