ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Risk-of-falling related outcomes improved in community-dwelling older adults after a 6-week sideways walking intervention: a feasibility and pilot study.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04505527 (Variability of Movement on an Altered Inertial Dynamics Task), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Variability of Movement on an Altered Inertial Dynamics Task
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Fall history in older adults impacts acceleration profiles after a near collision with a moving pedestrian hazard.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Quasi-experimental pilot study to improve mobility and balance in recurrently falling nursing home residents by voluntary non-targeted side-stepping exercise intervention.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Responsiveness of Daily Life Gait Quality Characteristics over One Year in Older Adults Who Experienced a Fall or Engaged in Balance Exercise.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of walking states, self-reported daily walking amount and age on the gait of older adults measured with a smart-phone app: a pilot study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Association between daily activities and fall in older adults: an analysis of longitudinal ageing study in India (2017-18).BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAging increases fall risk and alters gait mechanics and control. Our previous work has identified sideways walking as a potential training regimen to decrease fall risk by improving frontal plane control in older adults' gait. The purposes of this pilot study were to test the feasibility of sideways walking as an exercise intervention and to explore its preliminary effects on risk-of-falling related outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a 6-week single-arm intervention pilot study. Participants were community-dwelling older adults ≥ 65 years old with walking ability. Key exclusion criteria were neuromusculoskeletal and cardiovascular disorders that affect gait. Because initial recruitment rate through University of Nebraska at Omaha and Omaha community was slower than expected (3 participants∙week
resultsOver a 7-month period, 42 individuals expressed interest, 21 assessed for eligibility (21/42), and 15 consented to participate (15/21). Most of the potential participants were reluctant to commit to a 6-week intervention. Desired recruitment rate was achieved after revising the recruitment strategy. One participant dropped out (1/15). Remaining participants demonstrated excellent adherence to the protocol. Participants improved on most outcomes and the effects remained at follow-up. No serious adverse events were recorded during the intervention.
conclusionsOur 6-week sideways walking training was feasible to deliver and demonstrated strong potential as an exercise intervention to improve risk-of-falling outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. In a future trial, alternative clinical tools should be considered to minimize the presence of ceiling/floor effects. A future large trial is needed to confirm sideways walking as a fall prevention intervention.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04505527 . Retrospectively registered 10 August 2020.
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