Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02835248
A Novel System to Detect Falls in Real-life Conditions
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- BioSensics · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Medical alert devices with automatic fall detection functionality use accelerometry to detect a fall and can signal for help if the wearer forgets to, or is incapable of, pressing the alert button. This can save lives and prevent complications associated with long periods of time spent on the floor after a fall. In this project, the sensitivity and false alarm rate of a commercially available medical alert device will be tested in a population of 200 community-dwelling older adults.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Fall Detection | All participants will wear a device configured to detect falls. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-05-01
- Completion
- 2018-05-01
- First posted
- 2016-07-18
- Last updated
- 2018-07-24
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02835248. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.