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Development and Validation of a Smart Phone Based System to Enhance Gait, Cognition and Socialization in Elderly Fallers

NCT02769182 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of this research is to develop and validate a technology-based solution that addresses the diminished mobility, increased fall risk and impaired cognitive function that are so common among older adults, enabling them to live longer successfully and independently.

Conditions

  • Older Adults

Interventions

DEVICE

Monitoring and training using the system

subjects and caregivers will be trained on using the system and receive a 'user manual' delineating all procedures and possible applications of the system, as well as operations for daily charging of the sensors and smart phone. They will then be fitted with the sensors. The clinician will set all necessary applications, including setting the cognitive games application and the 'network of users'. Users and care givers will be informed of the personalized recommendations system that will provide the user with daily feedback on activity and weekly recommendations and goals for duration of the study. A helpline will be provided in case technological problems occur or for routine support.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard of care

Subjects in this group will not receive the system but will encouraged to continue with their daily living routine and provided with recommendations for stretching and strengthening exercises. The control group subjects will be assessed at the same three time points as those in the experimental group. Subjects in both groups will also receive written information about the importance of activity, cognitive enhancing tasks, avoidance of falls and home hazards. In Israel, this information combined with an exercise prescription is considered the 'standard of care' for community-dwelling older adults.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • HIT Holon Institute of Technology

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-31
Primary Completion
2019-05-31

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