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An Intervention Integrating Physical Therapy Exercise and Dance Movement Therapy for Preventing Falls in Older Adults

NCT05948735 · University of Haifa

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Status

Not accepting participants

Not applicable

Phase

Target enrolment

Study sites

Outside the US

What it is testing

Summary

The goal of this study is to construct and assess a theoretical and interventional model for preventing falls in older adults that integrates physiotherapy exercise and dance movement therapy. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. What is the effect on reducing fall risk in older adults of a group intervention focused solely on physical exercises, compared to a similar intervention that incorporates emotional content through dance movement therapy? 2. What are the factors of change in an intervention that integrates physical exercises and emotional content? 3. Is there a correlation between the outcome variables and the process variables in the study? Researchers will compare: (1) an intervention group that integrates physical therapy exercises (PTE) and dance movement therapy (DMT), and (2) a PTE control group, to examine the effects on: (1) physical, (2) emotional, and (3) adherence to treatment.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

Change in Fall Risk Self-Assessment from baseline at 6 weeks
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks).
Change in Functional Status Questionnaire - Basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL) from baseline at 6 weeks
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks).
Change in Timed Up and Go test from baseline at 6 weeks
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks).
Change in Five Times Sit to Stand (5STS) test from baseline at 6 weeks
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks).
Change in Fear of Falling single item question from baseline at 6 months
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks). Also, one month, two months, and six months after the intervention.
Change in Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International from baseline at 6 months
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks). Also, one month, two months, and six months after the intervention.
Change in The Patient Health Questionnaire from baseline at 6 months
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks). Also, one month, two months, and six months after the intervention.
Change in 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) from baseline at 6 weeks
Measured over Pre- and post-intervention: within 5 days before the intervention (baseline), and within 5 days after the intervention (after 6 weeks).
Change in Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) from 7 weeks after the intervention at 6 months
Measured over Post-intervention: once a week after the intervention. Also, one month, two months, and six months after the intervention.

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

65 Years

Ages

All

Sex

Accepted

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older. 2. Ability to independently walk for at least 10 meters with or without an assistive device. 3. Ability to walk for 2 minutes without an assistive device. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Heart disease or respiratory disease. 2. A history of stroke, Parkinson's, or any other neurological disorder affecting walking. 3. Blindness or deafness that would prevent safe walking and hearing instructions. 4. A vestibular disorder such as vertigo. 5. Acute joint or musculoskeletal pain in the lower limbs that would limit continuous walking for 2 minutes. 6. Significant sensory problems in the lower limbs.

Where

1 study site

Facility	City	Region	Country
"Shalhevet" and "Savion" day centers; "Milav" social clubs	Kiryat Tivon; Yokneam; Haifa	—	Israel

On the registry

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NCT05948735 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2025-03-19. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

Where this trial sits

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