Prevention of Falls in Older Adults by Specific and Progressive Balance Training

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03464825

Acronym

BETA

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-03-14

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

2019-01-01

Last updated

2018-03-14

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Conditions

Quality of Life

Brief summary

Three months of balance training with follow-up 6 and 12 months thereafter.

Interventions

OTHERSpecific and progressive balance training

Specific and progressive balance training for the intervention group

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Intervention model description

One intervention group receiving Specific and progressive balance training One control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* over 60 years with either osteoporosis or Parkinsons disease

Exclusion criteria

* under 60 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Balance performance - one leg stand	up to 24 months	One leg stand during 30 seconds

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Fear of falling FES-I	up to 24 months	Questionnaire measuring fear of falling
Health related quality of life - SF-36	up to 24 months	Questionnaire measuring health related quality of life

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026