Development of a New Clinical Rehabilitation Approach for the Management of Elderly People With a Neuromusculoskeletal Disorder and a Risk of Falls: a Partnership Project Between UQAC and the Specialized Geriatric Services of CIUSSS-SLSJ

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Accidental falls in older adults are one of the world's major pubic health problem, because of their strong association with injuries and mortality rates. In Quebec, falls are responsible for a high rate of hospitalization (more than 1800 emergency department visits every day) and deaths (more than 10,000 in recent years). Preventing falls is therefore a key mission for health professionals. This research program aims to develop a new clinical approach to the rehabilitation management of the older with a neuro-musculoskeletal disorder and a risk of falling. This program is part of a new partnership project between UQAC and specialized geriatric services at the CIUSSS Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (La Baie site). These geriatric services admit more than 400 new patients per year, representing a large pool of participants for the new program's development. Specifically, this program has 4 phases: 1) Create a clinical profile of patients in rehabilitation care from specialized geriatric services (ex: reasons for consultation, neuro-musculoskeletal disorders, rates and causes of falls, etc.); 2) to diagnose functional deficits of these patients on different dimensions of functional and physical evaluations, using standardized tests and high-tech instruments (ex: platform of force); 3) determine the effectiveness of a new exercise intervention program (OTAGO) for falls prevention; and 4) Measure client and professional team satisfaction as well as long-term impact of this new approach used to prevent falls. The most significant impact of this new program will be to reduce public health expenditure for care of older adults with balance disorder and risk for falls; and therefore, be implanted in other CIUSSS institutions from Quebec.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 65
Maximum Age: 99
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Admitted to La Baie Hospital rehabilitation services; or

• Admitted to the waiting list for geriatric services at La Baie Hospital; or

• Older adults from the communityé

• Age 65 and over

• Able-bodied adult with minimal autonomy to perform fall-prevention tests and exercises.

• Have at least one neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders and risk of falls

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
Rubens da Silva
RECRUITING
Saguenay
Contact Information
Primary
Rubens da Silva, PhD
rubens.dasilva@uqac.ca
418 5455011
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-07-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-07-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 92
Treatments
Experimental: Otago exercises
OTAGO program - based on very specific exercises for balance, force, and muscular endurance as well as on education about the risk of falling. The program is considered as home care (exercises to be done at home) but will be done as a group and with supervision, at CIUSSS or from outdoor and nature intervention (recreactional parks). OTAGO session lasts for 30-40 minutes and will be done twice a week at sites with progression. The program is comprised of 5 muscle strengthening exercises and 12 postural balance exercises. Participants will also be invited to walk 2 times per week for 30 minutes (can be divided into shorter periods, for example 3 blocs of 10 minutes) from outdoor sites or recrative parks. According to each person's strength and mobility, exercises will be increased with the use of free weights (for example during squats) and/or by increasing the number of repetitions. Total duration of the program will be 3 months (i.e., a duration adapted to the site).
Active_comparator: Conventional physiotherapy at Hospital
This group will be for the conventional type of intervention already in place in geriatric services from La Baie Hospital. This therapy used for physiotherapists at site, including mobility exercices.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Collaborators: Agence de la Sante et des Services Sociaux du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

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