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Falls Prevention for Visually Impaired Older People

NCT04078529 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2019-09-06

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Summary

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of an intensive five day falls prevention training programme with a home evaluation and a home exercise programme, compared with a home evaluation and exercise programme alone for reducing incidence of falls and fear of falling, and improving confidence in functional ability and objective balance.

Conditions

  • Accidental Fall
  • Visual Impairment
  • Fall

Interventions

OTHER

5 day falls prevention training

Intensive training on balance, gait re-education, functional activities, backwards chaining and postural control, completed at 0 and 12 weeks.

OTHER

Home exercise programme

A modified version of the Falls Management Exercise programme (FaME) provided in written or audio format and completed over 12 weeks.

OTHER

Environmental Assessment

Use of the Homefast assessment tool to reduce risk of falls at home.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Blind Veterans UK

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Catherine Wood, MSc PT · Blind Veterans UK

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-31
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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