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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
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Information provided by: | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00549406 |
The ability to maintain balance and avoid falling is highly dependent on the ability to locate objects and architectural features in the environment. This need to continually monitor the environment as one moves about in daily life suggests a critical role for visual attention, gaze control, and spatial memory, all of which are known to decline with aging. In this study, the investigators will test the efficacy of a computer-based visual-training program designed to improve the ability to rapidly extract information from the peripheral visual field. It is expected that older adults involved in the visual training intervention will improve the speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of reach-to-grasp balance-recovery reactions evoked by sudden unpredictable balance perturbation.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Accidental Falls Musculoskeletal Equilibrium |
Procedure: computerized visual training Procedure: computerized word puzzles |
Phase I |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Visual Processing and Postural Reactions: Development and Pilot Testing of a "Visual Training" Program to Improve Balance Control and Prevent Falls in Older Adults |
Estimated Enrollment: | 16 |
Study Start Date: | June 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | July 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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1: Experimental
computer-based visual-training program
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Procedure: computerized visual training
two one-hour training sessions per week, for five consecutive weeks
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2: Placebo Comparator
computerized word puzzles
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Procedure: computerized word puzzles
two one-hour sessions per week, for five consecutive weeks
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 64 Years to 80 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Sandra M McKay, PhD | 416-480-5858 ext 3512 | sandra.mckay@sri.utoronto.ca |
Contact: Joanne LaFleur | 416-480-55858 ext 3512 | Joanne.LaFleur@sri.utoronto.ca |
Canada, Ontario | |
Centre for Studies in Aging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Recruiting |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 | |
Contact: Sandra M McKay, PhD 416-480-6100 ext 3512 sandra.mckay@sri.utoronto.ca | |
Contact: Joanne LaFleur 416-480-6100 ext 3512 joanne.lafleur@sri.utoronto.ca |
Principal Investigator: | Brian E Maki, PhD, PEng | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto |
Principal Investigator: | Sandra M McKay, PhD | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto |
Responsible Party: | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ( Dr Brian Maki, Director, Centre for Studies in Aging ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 2007-PREV-INT-452, CIHR grant# MOP-13355 |
Study First Received: | October 24, 2007 |
Last Updated: | September 10, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00549406 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
Vision Visual attention Postural balance Geriatrics |