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Age-related Changes in Posture Control and Cortex Activity Under a Dynamic Perturbation

NCT02706496 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2016-03-11

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Summary

With aging, the elderly decreased ability to control postural balance will be accompanied by increased risk of falling (Berg et al, 1992;. Tinetti et al, 1988). According to previous studies, it showed that the elderly over 65 years fall each year probability was 30 %, and it increased with age (Skelton, \& Todd, 2004). In view of this, age-related posture control has become important issues of modern preventive medicine and family care.

Conditions

  • Aging

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Tsui-Fen Yang, MD · Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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