# Study of the Relationship Between the Strength of Ankle Movement Muscles and Postural Parameters in Elderly Fallers: Towards New Strategies for Screening and Management

> **NCT03343769** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon** · enrollment: 34 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Persons Who Have Experienced a Sudden Uncontrolled Fall in the Absence of Outside Factors in the 6 Months Preceding the Consultation

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** BERG scale
- **OTHER:** Functional tests
- **OTHER:** Measurement of balance on a force platform
- **OTHER:** Measurement of maximal moment of the plantar flexor and dorsiflexor muscles
- **OTHER:** Measurement of the moment of the plantar flexors and dorsiflexors corresponding to RMS activity during balance measurements

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03343769
- **Lead sponsor:** Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-03
- **Primary completion:** 2014-05
- **Final completion:** 2016-12
- **Target enrollment:** 34 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03343769

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03343769, "Study of the Relationship Between the Strength of Ankle Movement Muscles and Postural Parameters in Elderly Fallers: Towards New Strategies for Screening and Management". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03343769. Licensed CC0.

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