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Assessing a New Tool to Assess Frailty in Frail Hospitalized Elderly

NCT04366388 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

The major purpose of this study is to establish the use of daily step counts as inexpensive, easy to measure marker for frailty and sarcopenia in an inpatient population of older adults.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

ActivPAL3 VT (PAL Technologies Ltd).

. The ActivPAL will be fitted by a trained research assistant on the mid-thigh of the participants' dominant leg. ActivPALs have an inclinometer that detects the joint angle of the thigh to capture lying, sitting, standing, and stepping activities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Madden, MD · UBC

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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