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Gait Training For Reducing Risk Of Fall in the Elderly

NCT05613374 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2023-02-03

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Summary

Falling is considered one of the major problems that may affect the elderly, which may lead to bad consequences. Safe walking needs the older adult to anticipate and respond quickly to external demands and sudden environmental changes.Many studies have shown that treadmill training is effective in improving the elderly person's ability to walk and avoid falls. The C-Mill treadmill is an innovative device that recently used for the training of impaired gait and balance.Therefore, this study will aim to evaluate the efficacy of gait training with a virtual reality treadmill on the risk of fall in the elderly.

Conditions

  • Fall

Interventions

DEVICE

The C-Mill virtual reality treadmill

The C-Mill treadmill is an innovative device used for the training of impaired gait and balance. The C-Mill is an instrumented treadmill with interactive virtual reality games and applications.The instrument is supplied with a safety frame, body weight support, treadmill force plates, treadmill belt, adjustable handrails, cameras, user operating system, interactive visual screen and augmented reality projection.

OTHER

Conventional Physical Therapy Program

The Conventional Physical Therapy Program include the following: * Postural reactions exercises. (using balance board, balance beam, and manual balance perturbations) * Indoor open environment gait training exercises (over ground gait training exercises.). (using obstacles,cones , stepper, balance board , and uneven surfaces) (either between or outside the parallel bar)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umm Al-Qura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ehab M Abd El Kafy, PhD · Department of Physical Therapy- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences - Umm Al Qura University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-01
Primary Completion
2023-01-15
Completion
2023-01-15

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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