Examination of the risk and rate of falling and the stride variability in a population of geriatric elderly with and without vertebral fractures.

Examination of the risk and rate of falling and the stride variability in a population of geriatric elderly with and without vertebral fractures. - Falls and vertebral fractures in geriatric patients.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON34287

Enrollment

120

Registered

2010-10-13

Start date

2010-10-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

osteoporosis with spine fractures vertebral fractures

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects will be included in this study when they* - are 70 years or older, and visit the day clinic of the Geriatric Department of the Slotervaart Hospital in Amsterdam for the first time, or have visited the day clinic in the past 6 months and come back for a follow-up visit; - can walk safely for 3 minutes without any aid (e.g. by walking stick or wheeler); - understand and speak Dutch or English and have a MMSE score of 18 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects will be excluded from this study when they* - have any mobility problems due to (lateral) neurological or orthopedic disorders with function limitations of one or both legs; - don*t understand the instructions of the researcher.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The amount of falls in the 6-month period following the first visit at the day clinic.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Risk profile for falling in the future (by questionnaire) Gait characteristics (by walking tests)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results