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Can teaching soldiers to feel their bodies stop them from falling?

NCT ID NCT05451394

Prevention Sponsor: Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers test whether a body awareness program called ROAF can reduce imbalance injuries in military personnel. Five hundred people enrolled in a selection camp receive either six one-hour ROAF workshops or six one-hour cognitive training sessions. The trial tracks injury rates and changes in postural awareness and balance to see if the body-focused method helps prevent falls.

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Active substance
ROAF body awareness method: six one-hour workshops
What this could lead to
If it works, militaries could add body awareness training to standard fitness programs to lower fall-related injuries.
What could go wrong
The trial is early and relies on self-reported postural awareness and injury tracking, so results may not show a clear benefit or may not apply to non-military groups.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

500 people

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Started

Oct 2021

Finished

Sep 2023

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

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Inclusion Criteria: * Signing an informed consent to participate in the study * enrolled in the selection camp * Be affiliated to a Social Security system Exclusion Criteria: * advanced ROAF formation (over 10 hours) * Refusal to participate * Person covered by articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the public health code, namely * Pregnant women, women in labour or nursing mothers, * person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, * persons subject to psychiatric monitoring under Articles L3112-1 and L3113-1 who are not covered by the provisions of Article L1121-8, * adult persons who are subject to a legal protection measure or who are unable to express their consent.

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Conditions

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injury

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Traumatic injury

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • French Army

    Paris, France

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