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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00222287




Registration number
NCT00222287
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/09/2005
Date registered
22/09/2005
Date last updated
22/09/2006

Titles & IDs
Public title
The Effect of Feldenkrais Lessons on Walking and Balance
Scientific title
The Effect of Feldenkrais Lessons on Walking and Balance
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
HREC No. 040730
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Accidental Falls 0 0
Exercise 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Behaviour - Feldenkrais Movement class

Behaviour: Feldenkrais Movement class
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Behaviour
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Balance Confidence (as measured by ABC scale)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Tempo-spatial parameters of gait
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Time to complete Four Square Step Test
Timepoint [3] 0 0

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- community dwelling older adults (aged over 65)

- able to independently ambulate indoors and outdoors
Minimum age
65 Years
Maximum age
90 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- currently undergoing physiotherapy treatment

- unable to comprehend written english

- unable to give informed consent

- walking with a walking frame indoors

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised 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
Phase
Phase 1
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Unknown status
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2004
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
University of Melbourne - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3010 - Melbourne

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Melbourne
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a series of Feldenkrais movement
lessons on mobility and balance, particularly for older adults. The investigators hypothesise
that mobility and balance will improve following the classes.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00222287
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Mary Galea, PhD, B App Sc (PT)
Address 0 0
University of Melbourne
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00222287