The primarily objective of this study is to examine whether elderly with vertebral fractures fall more often in a 6-month period following the first visit at the day clinic of the Geriatrics Department of the Slotervaart Hospital, than elderly…
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Condition
- Musculoskeletal and connective tissue deformities (incl intervertebral disc disorders)
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The amount of falls in the 6-month period following the first visit at the day
clinic.
Secondary outcome
Risk profile for falling in the future (by questionnaire)
Gait characteristics (by walking tests)
Background summary
Previously research proved that elderly with vertebral fractures have an
impaired balance control according to elderly without vertebral fractures. It
can by hypothesized that elderly with vertebral fractures fall more often than
elderly without vertebral fractures.
Study objective
The primarily objective of this study is to examine whether elderly with
vertebral fractures fall more often in a 6-month period following the first
visit at the day clinic of the Geriatrics Department of the Slotervaart
Hospital, than elderly without vertebral fractures.
At the day of the visit, a walking test will be taken to perform a gait
analysis and obtain gait characteristics. There might be a relation between the
amount of falls in the 6-month period and the gait characteristics.
There will also be determined a risk profile for falling in the future. This
will be done by a questionnaire. This risk profile might also correlate with
the gait characteristics and the amount of falls in the 6-month period.
Study design
This is a prospective cohort study. Patients who visit the day clinic of the
Geriatrics Dpt. of the Slotervaart Hospital for the first time, will be asked
to participate in this study. Furthermore, patients who have visited the day
clinic <6 months ago and come back for a visit, will be asked to participate in
this study.
At this day of their first visit, the participants will be asked to do a
walking test. There will be done an questionnaire by interview to determine the
risk profile for falling in the future.
In the 6-months following that visit, the participants will be asked to record
the amount of falls weekly on a fall-and-fracture-calendar.
Study burden and risks
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Louwesweg 6
1266 EC Amsterdam
NL
Louwesweg 6
1266 EC Amsterdam
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Subjects will be included in this study when they*
- are 70 years or older, and visit the day clinic of the Geriatric Department of the Slotervaart Hospital in Amsterdam for the first time, or have visited the day clinic in the past 6 months and come back for a follow-up visit;
- can walk safely for 3 minutes without any aid (e.g. by walking stick or wheeler);
- understand and speak Dutch or English and have a MMSE score of 18 or higher.
Exclusion criteria
Subjects will be excluded from this study when they*
- have any mobility problems due to (lateral) neurological or orthopedic disorders with function limitations of one or both legs;
- don*t understand the instructions of the researcher.
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Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL33825.048.10 |