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The primary goal of this dissertation study is to determine if a home-based multiplanar balance training program with electronic assistance, will be effective in reducing one's fall risk category.
Hypothesis: After 12 weeks, there will be a statistically significant decrease in the fall risk category for individuals in a home-based multiplanar balance training and educational program with electronic assistance as compared to no change in the fall risk category for individuals in an educational control group with electronic assistance Hypothesis: To determine if an individual's fear of falling is lower following a home-based multiplanar balance training and educational program, with electronic assistance as compared to no change in fear of falling following an educational control group with electronic assistance post-intervention.
Hypothesis: An individual's quality of life will improve following a home-based multiplanar balance training and educational program, with electronic assistance as compared to no change in the quality of life following an educational control group with electronic assistance post-intervention.
Hypothesis: Adherence and feasibility will be greater with a home-based multiplanar balance training program, with electronic assistance as compared to a control group with electronic assistance.
Hypothesis: There will be a statistically significant inverse relationship between an individual's fear of falling and their fall risk category.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Balance training | Experimental | multiplanar balance training exercise with education |
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| control | Placebo Comparator | Education only |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| multiplanar balance training exercise with education | Other | 7 minute daily balance training exercises |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Timed up and Go Test measured in Seconds | walk 10 feet, turn around and walk back to start position | 1 minute |
| 3 stage balance test measured in seconds | tandem gait stance measured up to 10 seconds | 20 seconds |
| 30-second chair stand measured in repeitions | Stand up from chair, sit back down and repeat for 30 seconds | 40 seconds |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Age of 65 years or older
Exclusion Criteria:
• Unable to comprehend spoken English or communicate verbally in English
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| dilshaad vad, DPT, MSPT | Contact | 9174782444 | dilshaad.vad@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Metro PT | Recruiting | New York | New York | 10021 | United States |
Demographic information along with outcome measures will be shared with the dissertation team.
Data will be available after the trial ends. The data will be available for 6 months
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| ID | Term |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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Participants in the multiplanar balance training home-based exercise and educational group (group A) will have a video, as well as written instructions, of the intervention and dosage, along with the five educational brochures loaded on their phone via the SAFE beta app. In the SAFE beta app, the participants will be prompted daily to click on the beta app to watch the demonstration of the interventional exercise. They are then prompted to begin their daily prescriptive intervention, which is a 7-day-a-week program for 12 weeks. Participants can view a video of the exercise intervention in real-time in order to "mirror" the exercises as they are completing the exercises.
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The primary investigator, who delivers the treatment, is blinded to to the performance outcome measures.
| education only | Behavioral | 5 educational broshures |
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