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Nordic Walking to Manage Falls and Fear of Falling

NCT05965011 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2023-12-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a pilot study that aims to test the feasibility and safety of a novel Nordic Walking (NW) activity program for community-dwelling older adults who are at risk of falling or experience fear of falling (FOF). The study also aims to determine the distribution and effect sizes of outcomes to inform future sample size calculations and explore participants' perspectives of the intervention.

Participants will be asked to:

* Attend training sessions to learn proper Nordic Walking techniques.
* Engage in supervised Nordic Walking sessions for a specified duration and frequency.
* Keep a log of their walking activities and any falls or near falls experienced.
* Complete questionnaires to assess their fear of falling and overall physical activity levels.

If there is a comparison group:

Researchers will compare the intervention group, consisting of older adults participating in the Nordic Walking program, with a control group of older adults who do not receive the intervention. The comparison will be made to determine if Nordic Walking has a significant impact on reducing falls and fear of falling compared to the control group.

Conditions

  • Risk of Falling

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise training

The intervention will be a combination of both supervised and unsupervised sessions. Participants in the Nordic Walking (NW) treatment group will attend 5 one-hour group sessions, which will incorporate coaching principles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dr. Mohammad Auais, PhD

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-29
Primary Completion
2023-10-15
Completion
2023-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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