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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 April 2015
Main ID:  NCT02404129
Date of registration: 12/03/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Clalit Health Services
Public title: Validity of TURN 180 Test to Distinguish Between the Fallers and Non-Fallers
Scientific title: Validity of TURN 180 Test to Distinguish Between the Fallers and Non-fallers
Date of first enrolment: April 2015
Target sample size: 75
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02404129
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Cohen Av Herman, Proffesor
Address: 
Telephone: 972-3-9398200
Email: hermanc@post.tau.ac.il
Affiliation: 
Name:     Gamerman Yulia, MA
Address: 
Telephone: 972-50-8127470
Email: gamerman.y@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Cohen Av Herman, Proffesor
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Clalit Health Services
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 65 years or older, man and woman.

2. Independent, and community dwelling.

3. Able to give informed consent.

4. Able to ambulate inside under close supervision for a distance of 10 m.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Visual impairment that cannot be fixed by glasses.

2. Acute cardiopulmonary conditions (MI, Acute asthma).

3. S/p Myocardial infarction within last 3 month.

4. Severe congestive heart failure.

5. Neurologic pathologies (CVA, MS, Parkinson's Disease).

6. S/p Amputation of lower limb.

7. Vertigo.

8. Acute low back pain, acute ankle/knee/hip joint inflammation or arthritis.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Falls
Postural Balance
Elderly
Intervention(s)
Other: Turn 180 test
Primary Outcome(s)
Validity of TURN 180 Test [Time Frame: Each participant in the study will be assessed once. Sesion duration time - 1 hour.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Berg Balance Scale [Time Frame: Each participant in the study will be assessed once. Sesion duration time - 1 hour.]
Time up and go (TUG) [Time Frame: Each participant in the study will be assessed once. Sesion duration time - 1 hour.]
Tinneti Balance Assessment Tool [Time Frame: Each participant in the study will be assessed once. Sesion duration time - 1 hour.]
Secondary ID(s)
0003-15-COM
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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