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Optimal Intensity of Reactive Balance Training for Healthy Older Adults
Led by Toronto Rehabilitation Institute · Updated on 2025-01-27
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
153 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Lead Sponsor
C
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Falls in daily life are a serious risk for older adults. A new type of balance training, called reactive balance training (RBT) involves people losing balance many times so that they can practice fast balance reactions, like stepping reactions. Differences in training program features might explain differences in the results of previous RBT studies. Training intensity is the difficulty or challenge of the training program. It would be valuable to know if high-intensity RBT improves balance reactions quickly. The main goal of this study is to see if more intense RBT improves balance reactions faster than less intense RBT. The investigators will compare how quickly people improve balance reactions between high- and moderate-intensity RBT, and between RBT and a control program that does not include RBT. The investigators will also test if the improvements in balance reactions last after the training program is over. The secondary goals are to understand exactly how balance reactions improve with training, and to determine if people who complete RBT improve their general balance skills, and falls efficacy more than people who do not complete RBT.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Optimal Intensity of Reactive Balance Training for Healthy Older Adults
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Community-dwelling older adults aged 65 to 80 years
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to stand independently without upper-limb support for more than 30 seconds or walk independently without a gait aid for at least 10 metres
- Diagnosed neurological condition affecting balance control (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's disease)
- Score below normative values on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- Score below age-matched normative values for sensory and motor function using the FallScreen battery
- Insufficient English language comprehension to understand instructions
- Contraindications to reactive balance training such as severe osteoporosis
- Currently attending physiotherapy or supervised exercise
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2A2
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Research Team
A
Avril Mansfield, PhD
CONTACT
D
David Jagroop
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
3
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