NCT06378164

The Effect of Combined Volitional and Reactive Step Training in Reducing Falls Risk in Older Fallers

The Immediate and Sustained Effect of 4-week Combined Volitional and Reactive Step Training in Reducing Falls Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Fallers: a Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To examine the immediate and sustained effect of a 4-week combined volitional and reactive step training on fall risks in community-dwelling older fallers.

Conditions

• Older Adults With a History of Falls

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise	For the combined step training group, the participants will receive training on both volitional and reactive stepping. The training will last for 1 hours per session, 2 session per week for 4 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Active Control	An active control group will be used to minimise the placebo and history effect. The group will also receive a 4-week programme with the frequency and duration of the training and the instructor-to-participant ratio that match the combined step training group. During training, they will perform exercises not specific to reducing fall risk.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-01
• Primary completion: 2025-04-01
• Completion: 2026-04-01
• First posted: 2024-04-22
• Last updated: 2024-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong