What this means
Researchers are testing a walking program where older adults walk with a younger partner, arm in arm. This trial has not reported results yet, so it cannot yet show whether the program works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Arm-in-Arm Gait Training Trial
- Trial ID
- NCT05627453 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging
- What is tested
- Arm-in-arm gait training, Normal gait training
- Sponsor
- Philippe Terrier
- Ages
- 18 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Nov 25, 2022 · updated Feb 29, 2024
Registry summary
The AAGaTT study, is a monocentric, two-arm, open-label, randomized controlled trial. The objective is to assess the efficacy of an arm-in-arm walking program for older people at risk of falling. Gait training imply that the older participants must walk while synchronizing steps with a younger partner.
Sites (1)
- Haute-Ecole Arc Santé, Neuchâtel, Switzerland