NCT01182961

The Use of Virtual Reality for the Gait Training of Elderly Fallers

Gait Training Intervention to Evaluate the Efficacy of Using Virtual Reality to Decrease Fall Risk in the Elderly Population

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aims to investigate the efficacy of gait training using virtual reality to decrease the risk of falls in elderly idiopathic fallers. The investigator hypothesize that training with virtual reality would increase the ability to perform in the "real world" environment and decrease the risk of falls in elderly adults.

Detailed description

The study is a prospective single-blinded randomized control study with repeated measures at pre intervention, post intervention and follow up at 3 and 6 months post intervention. For six months after termination of the intervention, all subjects will fill out a log book in which they will write the occurrence and date of falls. total time of participation in the study will be 8 months.

Conditions

• Elderly

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	gait training	subjects will walk on a treadmill while virtual obstacles will be displayed using a head mounted device
OTHER	gait training 2	subjects will walk on a treadmill under a progressive intensive gait protocol
OTHER	exercise group	standard of care exercise group to improve strength and balance

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2010-08-17
• Last updated: 2010-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel