Thai elderly population age 60 years old or more who live independently in the community and can household ambulate without the use of a walking aid Executive Control, Geriatric, Falling, Psychological Inhibition, Reaction Time
Conditions
Interventions
Participant with history of recurrent falls (falls 2 times or more in the past year),Participant without history of fall (no history of falls in the past year)
Recurrent faller,Non-faller
Sponsors
Ratchadapiseksompotch Fund, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Slightly - Totally independent basic ADLs (Barthel's Index more than 18, only stair can be neglected) 2. Independent free hand household ambulation 3. Able to perform consent 4. History of falls Fall: Unintentional event resulting in rest on the ground or lower level, which is neither result of major intrinsic event nor overwhelming hazard. 4.1) Recurrent fallers: 2 or more falls in the past year. 4.2) Non-fallers: No history of falls in the past year.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Having an unstable or acute medical condition 2. Having a neurological disease such as cerebral palsy, parkinsonism, spinal cord injury, or stroke interferes with either ambulation or control of the dominant hand. 3. Having severe cognitive impairment defined with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) - Thai score 16 or less. 4. Impaired hand function or severe hand and wrist pain in the dominant hand that cannot perform pinching. 5. Having severe visual problems (VA < 6/18 up to light perception) with best correction. 6. Actively used drugs that interfere with cognition (i.e., antipsychotic, antiepileptic drugs) 7. Having drug or alcohol abuse according to the DSM-V criteria.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaction Accuracy/Simple Reaction Time (%/millisecond) At the moment of test ReacStick test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaction Accuracy At the moment of test ReacStick test,Timed Up and Go (TUG) test At the moment of test Performance testing,Berg Balance Scale (BBS) At the moment of test Performance test, 14 item lists with each item consisting of a five-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 4 | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactPawarut Palakawong Na Ayudhya
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Outcome results
None listed