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Fall Detection and Prevention System for the Elderly

NCT03808831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-03-17

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Summary

There is an urgent need for developing monitoring systems that can detect near-falls and alert persons who suffer from subsequently falls. Therefore, investigators propose a project to study the clinical application of a fall detection and prevention system for reducing falls in the elderly.

The main objectives of the project are to develop the fall detection and prevention system and to investigate its effectiveness in preventing falls for the elderly. Eighty elderly will be recruited and randomly allocated into either the experimental or sham groups (n=40 for each group). Subjects in the experimental group will wear the fall detection and prevention system on the lower back. The system records near-fall and fall events; meanwhile, it alarms subjects while detecting near-fall events and alarms caregivers while detecting fall events. In the sham group, subjects wear a sham system with record but no alert function. Both groups will receive the same treadmill walking training for 30 minutes per session, 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks. The outcome measures including falls, balance function, gait ability, physical activity, and quality of life will be assessed before intervention, after intervention, and at 6-months follow-up.

Fall-induced physiological and psychological consequences limit daily activities and reduce quality of life in the elderly. The proposed study innovates a system that not only detects but also alarms users to prevent falls. Moreover, quantitative measurement of such fall detection and prevention system will be investigated for the elderly in this project. This study provides practical and efficacy solutions to prevent falls for home and community settings.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

DEVICE

Fall detection and prevention system

The fall detection and prevention system records near-fall and fall events; meanwhile, it alarms subjects while detecting near-fall events and alarms caregivers while detecting fall events.

DEVICE

Sham fall detection and prevention system

The sham system with record but no alert function

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fooyin University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • I-Hsuan Chen, PhD · Department of Physical therapy, Fooyin University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-20
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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