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Vibration Training for Falls Prevention and Multiple Sclerosis

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Led By Feng Yang, PhD

Research Sponsored by Georgia State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will look at the effects of vibration training on reducing falls for healthy people and those with multiple sclerosis.

Eligible Conditions

Falls Prevention

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Real life falls

Secondary outcome measures

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function

Berg Balance Scale test

Bone density

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: Vibration training groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The vibration group will receive 8-week controlled whole-body vibration training as the intervention on the Galileo Med L device

Group II: Placebo training groupPlacebo Group1 Intervention

The placebo group will receive 8-week placebo training on the Galileo Med L device

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Georgia State UniversityLead Sponsor

57 Previous Clinical Trials

25,371 Total Patients Enrolled

Feng Yang, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorGeorgia State University

3 Previous Clinical Trials

110 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Controlled whole-body vibration training (Other) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT02694666 — N/A

Falls Prevention Research Study Groups: Placebo training group, Vibration training group

Falls Prevention Clinical Trial 2023: Controlled whole-body vibration training Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT02694666 — N/A

Controlled whole-body vibration training (Other) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT02694666 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Have recruitment efforts for this investigation been exhausted yet?

"While this medical trial was initially posted on April 1st 2016, and last updated September 25th 2022, there are no current openings for participants. Fortunately, clinicaltrials.gov lists a total of 392 other trials that require volunteers at the present moment."

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Is it possible for me to join this experiment?

"The clinical trial is searching for 147 participants aged 18-75 who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In addition, suitable candidates must not possess any major musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular or pulmonary impairments and should have had no significant relapse in the past two months. Furthermore, they must be able to walk a distance of 25 feet independently and register a Patient Determined Disease Step score below 7."

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Does this medical experiment have a minimum age requirement?

"This experiment stipulates participants must be aged 18 to 75. For those younger than 18, there are 26 trials available and for the elderly (over 65) 245 trials have been identified."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Vibration Training for Preventing Falls in Healthy Population and Multiple Sclerosis

Feng Yang, PhD 2016. "Vibration Training for Preventing Falls in Healthy Population and Multiple Sclerosis". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02694666.