Study of fall prevention among community-dwelling elderly

Study of fall prevention among community-dwelling elderly - Fall prevention among community-dwelling elderly

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000012058

Enrollment

100

Registered

2013-11-01

Start date

2012-07-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Falling

Interventions

Walking Balance exercise, lower extremity strength training, Tai Chi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) aged between 65 to 79 years, (2) not care-needed or support-needed in Japanese long-term care insurance system, (3) not restricted by a doctor to exercise, and (4) without regular exercise habits

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) high risk of falling (use of walking aid, having knee pain, using 4 or more medications, and history of falls in the previous year), (2) unable to participate in either of the two classes (walking or balance), (3) participated in other clinical trial during the past year.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fall rate, fall risk by exposer at 1 year from intervention	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Fall-related physical function, activity, self-efficacy, blood pressure, ADL, dual task ability after 3-month intervention	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYoshiro OKUBO

University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences

Yoshiro_okubo@stat.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp+81-29-853-5600(8365)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026