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Trial reportAging clinical and experimental research2022

Can a single session of treadmill-based slip training reduce daily life falls in community-dwelling older adults? A randomized controlled trial.

Yiru Wang, Shuaijie Wang, Xuan Liu, Anna Lee, Yi-Chung Pai, Tanvi Bhatt

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Trial report in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02126488 (Perturbation Training for Fall-risk Reduction Among Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02126488 nacompletednot on this map

Perturbation Training for Fall-risk Reduction Among Older Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoRan2014 to 2022Enrolled308ConditionsBalance, Postural, Prevention, AccidentArmstreadmill slip perturbation, treadmill training placebo, observation training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Dose-response relationship of treadmill perturbation-based balance training for improving reactive balance in older adults at risk of falling: results of the FEATURE randomized controlled pilot trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yiru WangDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Shuaijie WangDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Xuan LiuCenter for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA.
Anna LeeDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Yi-Chung PaiDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. clivepai08@gmail.com.
Tanvi BhattDepartment of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. tbhatt6@uic.edu.

Funding

PERTURBATION TRAINING FOR FALL-RISK REDUCTION AMONG OLDER ADULTSR01AG044364 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BHATT, TANVI · 2013 to 2018
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01- AG044364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTask-specific training with single-session overground slip simulation has shown to reduce real-life falls in older adults.

aimsThe purpose of this study was to determine if fall-resisting behavior acquired from a single-session treadmill-based gait slip training could be retained to reduce older adults' falls in everyday living over a 6-month follow-up period.

methods143 community-dwelling older adults (≥ 65 years old) were randomly assigned to either the treadmill-based gait slip training group (N = 73), in which participants were exposed to 40 unpredictable treadmill slips, or the control group (N = 70), in which participants walked on a treadmill at their comfortable speed. Participants reported their falls from the preceding year (through self-report history) and over the following 6 months (through fall diaries and monitored with phone calls).

resultsThere was no main effect of time (retrospective vs. prospective fall) and training (treadmill training vs. control) on fall reduction (p > 0.05 for both). The survival distributions of event of all-cause falls or slip falls were comparable between groups (p > 0.05 for both). DISCUSSION: Unlike overground slip training where a single training session could significantly reduce everyday falls in a 6-month follow-up period, the results indicated that one treadmill-based gait slip training session by itself was unable to produce similar effects.

conclusionFurther modification of the training protocol by increasing training dosage (e.g., number of sessions or perturbation intensity) may be necessary to enhance transfer to daily living. This study (NCT02126488) was registered on April 30, 2014.

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Accidental FallsIndependent LivingAdaptation, PhysiologicalAgedGaitHumansPostural BalanceProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesWalkingFallPerturbationRetentionSlip

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