Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00497965
Pilot Study: Does Chiropractic Care Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults
Pilot Study: Does Chiropractic Care Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults?
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Cleveland Chiropractic College · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose is to study the effect of chiropractic care on balance in older adults.
Detailed description
The specific aims of this pilot study are to: 1) build a recruitment pool of older adults within the local community; 2) establish a protocol for long-term surveillance of falls for older adult chiropractic patients; 3) explore dose-response patterns to chiropractic care by comparing Berg Balance Scale scores at 12 months from baseline in three groups of older adults with impaired balance.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Chiropractic Manipulation | |
| BEHAVIORAL | Balance Exercises |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-12-01
- Completion
- 2008-12-01
- First posted
- 2007-07-09
- Last updated
- 2010-04-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00497965. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.