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Fear to Fall Reduction in Geriatric Patients Who Suffered Previous Falls

NCT02727374 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2017-06-07

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Summary

Fear to fall has been proven to be a risk factor affecting those geriatric patients who have previously suffered a fall. In this work it is assessed the effectiveness of a physiotherapy and psychological combined intervention, aimed at reducing the fear to fall in the aforementioned patients

Conditions

  • Geriatric Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapy intervention

Physiotherapy intervention consists of conventional exercise program administered to this kind of patients at Hospital Clinico, including strengthening and balance exercises

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioural Intervention

Psychological treatment consists of group talks to treat the fear to fall

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Celedonia Igual, Professor · University of Valencia

  • Jose M Blasco, PhD · University of Valencia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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