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Registration number
ACTRN12610000576022
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
15/07/2010
Date registered
16/07/2010
Date last updated
23/05/2016
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
A comparison on the effectiveness of a novel intervention programme against a traditional supervised exercise programme in improving the fall efficacy in the moderate frail population aged 60 and above
Scientific title
A comparison on the effectiveness of the Nintendo Wii Active programme against a supervised exercise programme in improving the fall efficacy in the moderate frail population aged 60 and above
Secondary ID [1] 252236 0
Singhealth services foundation research grant SHF/FG397S/2009
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1116-0226
Trial acronym
Evaluating Frail Fall Efficacy by Comparison of Treatments (EFFECT)
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Fall efficacy 257748 0
Agility 257749 0
Balance 257750 0
Condition category
Condition code
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation 257926 257926 0 0
Physiotherapy
Musculoskeletal 257931 257931 0 0
Osteoporosis

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Wii Active exercise programme 1-2x/week . 1 session approximately an hour (rest time inclusive).
Concurrently, home exercise 2x/week on non-programme days. Each session between 0.5-1 hour.
Sessions are in small groups supervised by a physiotherapist over a period of 12 weeks.
Wii intervention 20 minutes, stretching 5 minutes, balance training 10 minutes, strength training 10 minutes, 10 minutes variable training based on subject needs.
Home programme: Stretching, balance and agility training, strength training and cardiovascular training.
Intervention code [1] 256814 0
Rehabilitation
Intervention code [2] 256815 0
Prevention
Comparator / control treatment
Traditional exercise programme involving aerobic, balance and strength training 1-2x/week. 1 session approximately an hour (rest time inclusive)
Concurrently, home exercise 2x/week on non-programme days. Each session between 0.5-1 hour.
Sessions are in small groups supervised by a physiotherapist over a period of 12 weeks.
Cardiovascular training 15 minutes, stretching 5 minutes, balance training 10 minutes, strength training 10 minutes, 10 minutes variable training based on subject needs.
Home programme: Stretching, balance and agility training, strength training and cardiovascular training.
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 258787 0
Modified fall efficacy scale (MFES)
Timepoint [1] 258787 0
Baseline, 13th week and 24th week
Primary outcome [2] 258788 0
Timed up and go (TUG)
Timepoint [2] 258788 0
Baseline, 13th week and 24th week
Primary outcome [3] 258789 0
6 minutes walk test
Timepoint [3] 258789 0
Baseline, 13th week and 24th week
Secondary outcome [1] 264851 0
None
Timepoint [1] 264851 0
None
Secondary outcome [2] 264852 0
Narrow corridor walk
Timepoint [2] 264852 0
Baseline, 13th week
Secondary outcome [3] 264853 0
4 square step test
Timepoint [3] 264853 0
Baseline, 13th week
Secondary outcome [4] 264854 0
Physiological profile approach (PPA)
Timepoint [4] 264854 0
Baseline, 13th week and 24th week

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Community dwelling
Poor fall efficacy
Moderately frail (short physical performance battery score 5-9)
Ambulatory independent (assistive devices accepted: walking stick and quad-stick)
Minimum age
60 Years
Maximum age
85 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
Permanent bed-bound
Disabled in ambulation / requires a walking frame or rollator frame for ambulation
Significant cognitive disorder
Untreated aortic stenosis or ischemia
Unrepaired aortic, cerebral or abdominal aneurysm
End-stage illness or disease
Life expectancy less than a year
Cerebral haemorrhage within the past 3 months
Fractures in healing phase
Surgery within the past 6 months
Pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) within 3 months
Uncontrolled medical condition(s)

Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Additional 12 weeks of home exercises post intervention to assess carried over effect of compliance
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Safety/efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
18/06/2010
Actual
30/06/2010
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
10/04/2011
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
80
Accrual to date
Final
80
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 2768 0
Singapore
State/province [1] 2768 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 257290 0
Hospital
Name [1] 257290 0
Singhealth Foundation
Country [1] 257290 0
Singapore
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Kwok Boon Chong
Address
Block 3 Level 1 Rehabilitation Centre Physiotherapy Singapore General Hospital Outram Road S(169608)
Country
Singapore
Secondary sponsor category [1] 256535 0
Hospital
Name [1] 256535 0
Rehabilitation Centre Physiotherapy
Address [1] 256535 0
Block 3 Level 1 Rehabilitation Centre Physiotherapy Singapore General Hospital Outram Road S(169608)
Country [1] 256535 0
Singapore

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 259315 0
Institutional Review Board
Ethics committee address [1] 259315 0
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
Blk A, 7 Hospital Drive
SingHealth Research Facilities, #03-01
Singapore 169611
Ethics committee country [1] 259315 0
Singapore
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 259315 0
Approval date [1] 259315 0
19/05/2010
Ethics approval number [1] 259315 0

Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective is to compare the effectiveness of a novel intervention programme vs traditional supervised exercise programme on improving fall efficacy in the moderately frail population aged 60 and above.
Hypothesis: The Nintendo Wii Active programme as an adjunct in a modified exercise programme is more effective in improving fall efficacy than a traditional supervised exercise programme for the frail population aged 60 and above.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Trials 2011, 12:155. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-155 (18/06/2011)
BMC Geriatrics 2013, 13:23. doi:10.1186/1471-2318-13-23 (06/03/2013)
Clinical Biomechanics 2015, 30(5): 481-484
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 31399 0
Mr Kwok Boon Chong
Address 31399 0
3 Fusionpolis Link, Nexus@one-north, #05-10 S(138543)
Country 31399 0
Singapore
Phone 31399 0
+65 68962289
Fax 31399 0
Email 31399 0
kwokboonchong@gmail.com
Contact person for public queries
Name 14646 0
Mr Kwok Boon Chong
Address 14646 0
3 Fusionpolis Link, Nexus@one-north, #05-10 S(138543)
Country 14646 0
Singapore
Phone 14646 0
+65 68962289
Fax 14646 0
Email 14646 0
kwokboonchong@gmail.com
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 5574 0
Mr Kwok Boon Chong
Address 5574 0
3 Fusionpolis Link, Nexus@one-north, #05-10 S(138543)
Country 5574 0
Singapore
Phone 5574 0
+65 68962289
Fax 5574 0
Email 5574 0
kwokboonchong@gmail.com

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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Documents added automatically
SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
EmbaseEvaluation of the Frails' Fall Efficacy by Comparing Treatments (EFFECT) on reducing fall and fear of fall in moderately frail older adults: Study protocol for a randomised control trial.2011https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-155
Dimensions AIThe minimal clinically important difference of six-minute walk in Asian older adults2013https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-23
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