Pilot Study: Does Chiropractic Care Decrease Fall Risk in Older Adults
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Musculoskeletal Equilibrium
In brief
The purpose is to study the effect of chiropractic care on balance in older adults.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00497965
- Run by
- Cleveland Chiropractic College
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2007-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2010-04-20
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Aged 65 or older
- Able to stand steadily without assistance on one leg for an average of <5 seconds (determined by averaging the time for both legs)
- Able to attend all scheduled sessions (by self-report)
You may not qualify if…
- Non-ambulatory (wheelchair-bound); this precludes required balance testing; however, volunteers requiring assistive devices such as canes and walkers are not excluded
- received chiropractic care or other manual care within the past three months (by self-report)
- initiated exercise program for balance / lower body strength within the past month (by self-report)
- contraindications to SMT or mild-exertion exercise, as determined by the clinician through physical exam and x-rays (if indicated). Contraindications include but are not limited to: signs and symptoms associated with vertebrobasilar insufficiency (including facial numbness, diplopia, drop attacks, dysphagia, and ataxia which are not fatiguable or habituable with repeated provocative head positioning); unstable or severe medical condition; severe osteoporosis, fracture or other osseous abnormalities; "high cardiovascular risk", i.e. persons with known severe cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic disease, or one or more major signs/symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
- absence of indications for SMT, as determined by the clinician through history, physical exam, orthopedic tests, and static and motion palpation. Indications for SMT include identification of decreased or increased spinal joint mobility usually accompanied by tenderness and muscle tension and spasm;
- unable to understand English adequately to complete study forms and questionnaires, because we do not have study personnel fluent in other languages;
- central causes of vertigo, including arteriovenous malformations, cerebral hemorrhage, brainstem vascular disease, tumors and demyelenating diseases.
Where it is running
- Cleveland Chiropractic College Health Center — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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