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Effect of Home Exercise on Reducing Falls

NCT03599934 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2021-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This proposed randomized controlled trial aims to study the long-term compliance of the LiFE program and its combined effects with a home safety visit on fall prevention in community-dwelling older fallers.

Conditions

  • Fall

Interventions

OTHER

Lifestyle integrated functional exercise program

Lifestyle-integrated exercise training targeting to improve strength and balance. Strategy to embed the exercise in the daily activity would also be taught so that the life exercise can be performed at any time of the day. The exercise would be taught in 6 home visits over 6-months.

OTHER

Home safety assessment

Home safety assessment and modification that targets to reduce environmental risk factors of falls.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Timothy Kwok, MD · The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-18
Primary Completion
2020-11-10
Completion
2021-10-02

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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