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Fall Risk Assessment With an Innovative Device for Quantifying Gait and Static Balance in Geriatric Consultation

Fall Risk Assessment With an Innovative Device for Quantifying Gait and Static Balance in Geriatric Consultation

Recruiting
65-95 years
All
Phase N/A

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Overview

The main objective of this monocentric, non-randomized, prospective study was to evaluate the predictive capacity of a balance score based on spatio-temporal parameters of postural balance.

Description

Patient recruitment will take place at one center. The inclusion period is 6 months and the participation period for each subject will be 12 months with 3 visits: initial visit, telephone visit at 6 months, M12 consultation visit, and the end-of-study visit.

Consent will be obtained prior to participation, and the following data will be collected during the visits: Demographic data (age, gender), weight, height, geriatric assessment. Current treatment (molecules, date of introduction, dosage). Biological data: Albumin, Pre-Albumin, Creatinine, Hemoglobin, Vitamin D.

Static balance parameters via AbilyCare (static balance test, inspired by the Romberg test, on a balance platform, 30 seconds eyes open then 30 seconds eyes closed).

The total duration of the research is 18 months.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subject with a "Autonomie, Gérontologie, Groupes IsoRessources" (GIR) score ≥ 4 at the time of consultation
  • Subject presenting an The mini mental status exam (MMSE) score ≥ 18 at the time of consultation
  • Subject agreeing in writing (consent), after having been informed and given a reasonable period of reflection, to participate in the study
  • Subject affiliated to a social security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects with a major or systemic pathology likely to significantly impair motor skills (inability to perform a 10m walking test without assistance, inability to perform a balance test on a scale without assistance (30 seconds eyes open / 30 seconds eyes closed),
  • Subject with an advanced neurodegenerative pathology (Alzheimer, Parkinson, etc.) deemed incompatible with the objectives of the study by the investigator,
  • Subjects with a history of disabling cerebrovascular accident,
  • Subject with an active disabling cancer,
  • Subjects with severe psychiatric disorders affecting their ability to perform walking and balance tests and/or answer study questionnaires,
  • Subjects benefiting from a technical aid for walking and balance such as a cane, walker, etc. (only orthopedic insoles and shoes are accepted); subjects with a total hip or knee prosthesis are included,
  • Subject having been hospitalized for a fall in the last 3 months prior to inclusion,
  • Subject unable to understand the purpose of the research, answer questions and give his/her decision to participate in the study,
  • Subject already included in another research study involving the human body,
  • Subject not affiliated to a social security scheme or not benefiting from such a scheme.
  • Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
  • Person of full age subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice) or unable to express consent.

Study details
    Risk of Falling in the Elderly

NCT06535477

Gérond'if

14 October 2025

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