Clinical Trial: Preventing Falls in People Aged Over 75 at High Risk of Falling Through Specific Rehabilitation Involving Walking Backwards

U.S., June 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07650097) titled 'Preventing Falls in People Aged Over 75 at High Risk of Falling Through Specific Rehabilitation Involving Walking Backwards' on June 10.

Brief Summary: Falls are a major health problem for people over 75 years old. Backward walking may strengthen the muscles of the legs, improve posture and balance, and make walking more stable, which could help prevent new falls and improve everyday movement.

This is an open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial that will examine whether backward walking, integrated to usual rehabilitation in a geriatric day hospital program, can help reduce the number of new falls in older adult at high...