Balance Workshops Focusing on Learning to Stand Up From the Floor for Older Adults Living at Home: A Pilot Study Sol'Up
Balance Workshops Focusing on Learning to Stand Up From the Floor for Older Adults Living at Home: A Pilot Study - Sol'Up
- Balance Control in Elderly
- Fall Prevention
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux
- Enrolment target
- 80
- Started
- 15 September 2026
- Main results due
- 31 March 2028
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 23 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 65 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * People over the age of 65 * Able to walk 100 m independently, with or without a walking aid (1 cane or 1 crutch) * Individuals who have fallen at least once in the past 12 months * Individuals who feel unsteady while standing or walking * Individuals who express a fear of falling * Individuals enrolled in the social security system or a similar program * Individuals who have been informed and have given their written consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Individuals who walk with two canes or a walker, or who are unable to walk * Medical contraindications to physical activity (cardiac conditions, acute illness, uncompensated vestibular disorder). * Major cognitive impairment or dementia preventing active participation. * Individuals with other contraindications, at the investigator's discretion * Recent orthopedic surgery (\<3 months). * Major uncompensated sensory impairment
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
Falls among older adults are a major public health issue, accounting for approximately 2 million incidents annually in France, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths and 130,000 hospitalizations. Their cost is estimated at nearly 2 billion euros per year and is expected to rise as the population ages.
Falls result from multiple factors, including biological, behavioral, and environmental factors, with balance and gait disorders playing a central role. Their consequences include loss of independence, restricted activity, and fear of falling.
The ability to get back up from the ground after a fall is still largely overlooked. Yet up to two-thirds of older adults who have fallen are unable to get up on their own, exposing them to serious complications and an increased risk of further falls. This skill remains under-assessed and under-trained.
Physical activity-particularly programs combining balance, muscle strengthening, and functional training-can reduce the risk of falling by approximately 20 to 30 percent. Balance workshops are widely used for this purpose. However, these interventions primarily focus on fall prevention and rarely address fall management, particularly the ability to get up from the floor. Specific interventions targeting this skill are still underdeveloped, with mixed results.
The integration of structured training in getting up from the floor into balance workshops
Study sites(1)
Association KPAURA RHONE
Valence, France
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07741513. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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