Mind over matter: imagined walk may predict real falls
NCT ID NCT04039841
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether the difference between how long it takes someone to actually perform a 'get up and walk' test versus how long they imagine it takes can predict future falls. Researchers followed 67 osteoporosis patients for a year after the tests. The goal was to see if a mismatch between real and imagined timing could identify those at higher risk of falling.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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67 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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50 to 85 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been screened for osteoporosis at CHD (aged 50 to 85 years) * Proven presence of osteoporotic risk (positive response to screening tests), * No lower limb fractures making walking impossible, * Realization of iTUG and rTUG. * No objection to the collection and analysis of personal data collected, * Patient can be followed during the study period (12 months), * Patient followed by a treating physician and having given his or her consent for him or her to be contacted as part of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Insane patient * Deaf patient * Complete blind patient * Patient unable to express himself * Patient at the end of life * Patient already treated for osteoporosis or recent DXA less than 3 years old at the time of screening * Patient who has not been screened for osteoporosis at the CHD * Presence of equipment (e.g. infusion) making it impossible to walk or rendering the reliability of TUGs obsolete,
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHD Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Departemental
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
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