Fall Injury, Fall Prevention, Fall Safety
Conditions
Keywords
Aging, Older Adults, Fall prevention, Fall safety, Safe landing
Brief summary
The purposes of this project to examine whether older adults can learn safe landing strategy during a fall. The research hypotheses are three-fold: 1) To determine whether older adults can learn a safe landing strategy to reduce impact severity of falling; 2) To examine whether the training effect on the right side falls can be transferred to the left side falls; and 3) To examine 1-week and 3-month retention effect of fall strategy training in older adults.
Interventions
OTHERTuck and Roll Group
An instructor will explicitly verbally and visually demonstrate the falling technique and provide feedback on participant performance. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.
OTHERFall Exposure
An instructor will implicitly be exposed to the falling technique. Each group will have 4 sessions to physically practice the skills with each practice session lasting about an hour.
Sponsors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* BMI 18.5-30 kg/m2 * Healthy bone mass (2.5 SD of young) * No tumbling experience
Exclusion criteria
* \> 70 years old * Bone fracture within 3 years * Osteoporosis * Blood thinners
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Safe Landing Strategy | 1-week and 3-months post | To determine whether older adults can learn a safe landing strategy to reduce impact severity of falling through a composite outcome from the following measures: 1. Forceplate measurements (CueFors2, Motek Medical) 2. Motion capture (VICON, Oxford Metrics) 3. Inertial sensor (BioStampRC, MC10) 4. Short-term skill acquisition (Aim 1) will be quantified as change in hip impact force between baseline and post assessments on visit 4 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Retention effects | 3-months post | Examine retention effect of fall strategy training through a composite score from the following: 1. Participant questionnaire 2. Track and review which participants attend all four study visits |
Contacts
Primary ContactEmily Pike
Outcome results
None listed