Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Recruiting

NCT Number: NCT03981471

Fall Prevention in Elderly: Mechanisms and Strategies

In communities with over 100,000 residents, to investigate the incidence and mechanisms of fall in elderly, and strategies of fall prevention.

Recruiting

Interested in participating?

Request Info

Key information

Conditions

Elderly

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Loading trial locations.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • community dwelling adults without medical conditions to impair walking ability

Exclusion criteria

  • cognitively or physically unable to cooperate with the examiner to finish the test

Treatment and study plan

Exercise

Behavioral

Elderly people with or without fall history receive exercise to improve balance. Exercise interevention will be given 6 months in 2020. Outcomes (incidence of fall and biological tests) between two arms will be compared.

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of fall

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months (reported once per year)

    Incidence of fall each year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Kinematics test

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months

    During balance tests, assessing kinematics by using inertia sensors.

  2. Kinetics test

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months

    During balance tests, assessing kinetics by using sEMG (high-density surface EMG).

  3. EEG test

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months

    During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using electroencephalogram (EEG).

  4. fNIRS test

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months

    During balance tests, assessing brain mechanisms by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

  5. MRI assessments

    Time frame: From date of recruitment until the end of the study, assessed up to 42 months

    Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess brain mechanisms during foot movements.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

HL Su, Dr

CONTACT

[email protected]

86-10-58122882

PX Wei, Dr

CONTACT

[email protected]

86-10-58122921

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids

Other

Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

Registry information

Official study title

STrategies and mechAnisms of Community-Based falL Prevention in Elderly

Acronym: STABLE

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 10, 2019
Registry last updated
May 22, 2025

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.