Aging & falling
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: Symptomatic fallers (>65) who seek professional assistance for this problem at the outpatient clinic for falling issues of the Geriatric Department of the LUMC. The falling should be judged to be mostly of loco motor origin, not resulting from e.g. cardiovascular diseases, problems in the field of E, N & T, impaired cognition or neurological disorders of central origin;Tinetti score equal or below 10 on the balance section;Controls: Age- (within one year deviation per patient), sex- and arm dominance- matched; ;Active, high performers, taking part in sports activities, e.g. cycling, swimming, tennis, walking (at least * hour/ week).;Predominantly healthy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients: History of previous or current neurological disorders of central origin, e.g. Parkinson, Multiple Sclerosis or Stroke.;Restricted movement of wrist and/or ankle preventing patient from delivering the required task performance, e.g. recent fractures of wrist and/or ankle.;Restricted vision (
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| reflex gain and reflex time delay; reflex modulation from relationship between damping conditions and reflex gain. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| body length, length of lower arm and leg, Range of Motion of ankle and wrist, body weight and maximal voluntary contraction around wrist and ankle, outcome of falling questionaire, sensibility hand and foot, Tinettiscore (balance and walking section) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed