Status:
COMPLETED
Power Centering for Seniors
Lead Sponsor:
University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER
Conditions:
Healthy Aging
Mobility Limitation
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Walking difficulties, mobility decline and falls are prevalent among older adults. The incidence of each of these increases with age and the presence of each can negatively affect the quality of life ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 70 years or older
- Community-dwellers (i.e. not living in a skilled care or other institution)
- Able to walk at least 5 meters with or without a walking aid but without the assistance of another person
- Normal (habitual, self-paced) walking speed 80-100 cm/s
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment score 18 or more points
- lnformed Consent as documented by signature
Exclusion
- Clinically significant neurologic or musculoskeletal diseases which severely affect walking, e.g. advanced Parkinson's disease or hemiplegia
- Other clinically significant non-stable medical or psychiatric conditions (e.g., renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, advanced chronic pulmonary disease, psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, etc.) that, according to the study investigators, could endanger the participant and/or negatively affect study adherence
- Terminal illness
- Fracture (exception: teeth) in the previous 3 months
- Blindness
- lnability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
- Previous participation in the Power Centering for Seniors program
- Current participation in another (non-observational) clinical study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 29 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 20 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04861831
Start Date
January 29 2021
End Date
January 20 2022
Last Update
February 1 2022
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University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER
Basel, Switzerland, 4055