RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06535477
Fall Risk Assessment With an Innovative Device for Quantifying Gait and Static Balance in Geriatric Consultation
Sponsor
Gérond'if
Enrollment
169 participants
Start Date
Jul 28, 2024
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The main objective of this monocentric, non-randomized, prospective study was to evaluate the predictive capacity of a balance score based on spatio-temporal parameters of postural balance.
Eligibility
Min Age: 65 YearsMax Age: 95 Years
Inclusion Criteria4
- Subject with a "Autonomie, Gérontologie, Groupes IsoRessources" (GIR) score ≥ 4 at the time of consultation
- Subject presenting an The mini mental status exam (MMSE) score ≥ 18 at the time of consultation
- Subject agreeing in writing (consent), after having been informed and given a reasonable period of reflection, to participate in the study
- Subject affiliated to a social security scheme.
Exclusion Criteria12
- Subjects with a major or systemic pathology likely to significantly impair motor skills (inability to perform a 10m walking test without assistance, inability to perform a balance test on a scale without assistance (30 seconds eyes open / 30 seconds eyes closed),
- Subject with an advanced neurodegenerative pathology (Alzheimer, Parkinson, etc.) deemed incompatible with the objectives of the study by the investigator,
- Subjects with a history of disabling cerebrovascular accident,
- Subject with an active disabling cancer,
- Subjects with severe psychiatric disorders affecting their ability to perform walking and balance tests and/or answer study questionnaires,
- Subjects benefiting from a technical aid for walking and balance such as a cane, walker, etc. (only orthopedic insoles and shoes are accepted); subjects with a total hip or knee prosthesis are included,
- Subject having been hospitalized for a fall in the last 3 months prior to inclusion,
- Subject unable to understand the purpose of the research, answer questions and give his/her decision to participate in the study,
- Subject already included in another research study involving the human body,
- Subject not affiliated to a social security scheme or not benefiting from such a scheme.
- Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
- Person of full age subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice) or unable to express consent.
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Interventions
DEVICEFall risk assessment
Assessing frailty in elderly patients using Fried Frailty and "Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment" scales combined with measurement - via the AbilyCare device - of the two markers of balance and gait
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NCT06535477