The effects of a 5-week falls prevention exercise program (the FALLS-program) on balance in people after stroke

The effects of a 5-week falls prevention exercise program (the FALLS-program) on balance in people after stroke - The effect of falls prevention training on balance after stroke

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON34472

Enrollment

Registered

2010-08-12

Start date

2010-08-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

CVA Stroke

Interventions

The FALLS-program is based on the *The Nijmegen Falls Prevention Program*, a demonstrated effective 5-week exercise program, designed for community-dwelling elderly with a history of falling. It wil

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 18 to 80 years-old Sustained a stroke more than six months ago Received inpatient rehabilitation in the past two years Independently walking (FAC >4)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Other musculo-skeletal conditions which can influence balance or gait ability Conditions in which physical activity is contra-indicated Use of psychotropic drugs Cognitive/behavioural problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Due to the small sample size of the present pilot study, falls incidence alone is not a good tool to evaluate the effect of the FALLS-program. The Nijmegen Falls Simulator requires restoration of standing balance, by either keeping the feet in place or taking a step, and the Target Stepping Task provokes online step adjustments. These are situations in which people with stroke are at high risk of falling. Improvement on these tasks will be evidence of improving balance and gait abilities during perturbations. Therefore the primary outcomes of the present study are the extent of centre of mass displacement during support surface perturbations and the number of foot placement errors on the Target Stepping Task.	—

Measure

Time frame

Due to the small sample size of the present pilot study, falls incidence alone is not a good tool to evaluate the effect of the FALLS-program. The Nijmegen Falls Simulator requires restoration of standing balance, by either keeping the feet in place or taking a step, and the Target Stepping Task provokes online step adjustments. These are situations in which people with stroke are at high risk of falling. Improvement on these tasks will be evidence of improving balance and gait abilities during perturbations. Therefore the primary outcomes of the present study are the extent of centre of mass displacement during support surface perturbations and the number of foot placement errors on the Target Stepping Task.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes are: Falls incidence, onset latencies and speed of correction on the Target Stepping Task, amount of stepping and onset latencies of muscle activation during support-surface perturbations, Falls efficacy Scale, Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up&Go-test and 10 meter walking test.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)