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NCT Number: NCT07739173

Multicomponent Versus Balance Exercise for Older Adults With Recurrent Falls

To compare the short-term effects and 6-month durability of supervised multicomponent exercise, balance exercise alone, and fall-prevention education on balance, strength, walking performance, and health-related quality of life in older adults with recurrent falls.

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Key information

Conditions

Accidental Falls Recurrent Falls

Age range

65 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Balikesir University Faculty of Medicine Hospital

Balıkesir, 10135, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 65 years or older,
  • more than two falls during the preceding year,
  • unimpaired Timed Up and Go performance,
  • Beck Depression Inventory score consistent with safe participation

Exclusion criteria

  • Contraindication to exercise,
  • fracture,
  • cancer,
  • active joint disease or infection,
  • pulmonary disease,
  • uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or hypertension,
  • congestive heart failure, or
  • serious neurological disease.

Treatment and study plan

multicomponent exercise

Behavioral

Supervised balance-coordination exercises and lower-extremity strengthening using elastic bands (quadriceps, hamstrings, hip abductors, hip adductors) and mini-squats.

Balance exercise

Behavioral

Supervised balance-coordination tasks, warm-up, and stretching

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional balance assessed by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS)

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks (immediately post-treatment), and 6 months (follow-up)

    A 14-item performance-based measure used to evaluate static and dynamic balance capacity. The total score ranges from 0 to 56, where higher scores indicate better functional balance and lower fall risk.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximal handgrip strength measured using a hand dynamometer

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks (post-treatment), and 6 months (follow-up)

    Isometric handgrip strength of the dominant/stronger hand measured in kilograms (kg) using a Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer. Higher values indicate greater muscle strength.

  2. Gait speed assessed by the 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT)

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks (post-treatment), and 6 months (follow-up)

    Walking time recorded in seconds (s) over the middle 10 meters of a 14-meter walkway at comfortable walking speed. Lower time values (fewer seconds) indicate faster gait speed and improved mobility.

  3. Health-related quality of life assessed by the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36)

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks (post-treatment), and 6 months (follow-up)

    Health-related quality of life evaluated across 8 domains, with transformed subscale and summary scores ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better health status and higher quality of life.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Balikesir University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Multicomponent Versus Balance Exercise for Fallrelated Physical Function in Older Adults With Recurrent Falls: a Singlecenter, Threearm Randomized Controlled Trial With 6month Followup

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 31, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 3, 2026

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