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title: Predict falls using wearable technology
nct_id: NCT07281755
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Northumbria University
study_type: OBSERVATIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT07281755"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07281755"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:04:35.516Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Predict falls using wearable technology

**Goal (in five words):** Predict falls using wearable technology

**Official Title:** Objective Mobility Assessment Using Wearable Technology for Clinical Application in Parkinson's Disease: From Validation to Fall Prediction

**Trial ID:** [NCT07281755](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07281755)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Northumbria University
- **Target Enrollment:** 60 participants
- **Start Date:** 2025-08-08
- **Completion Date:** 2027-09
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease(PD)

## Summary For Families

The team wants to validate wearable sensors that provide objective mobility measures and use those signals to predict falls in people with Parkinson's. Participants will wear small body sensors that record walking patterns, turns, balance and daily activity both in clinic tests and at home, and researchers will build and test algorithms that translate gait speed, step variability and sway into mobility scores and fall risk predictions. As an observational project, it does not change medications but records movement while people use their usual treatments. They are enrolling about 60 people age 50 and up with a Parkinson's diagnosis by a movement disorder specialist using UK Brain Bank criteria, Hoehn and Yahr stages I to III, MoCA score 21 or higher, able to stand and walk unassisted for two minutes, with no other neurological disorders or recent lower limb injury, and who can attend visits in Newcastle upon Tyne.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 50 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's by a movement disorder specialist according to UK brain bank criteria.
* Hoehn \& Yahr stages I-III
* Able to attend Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne for study visits
* Able to walk and stand unassisted for a minimum of 2-minutes

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of neurological disorders other than PD (e.g., Huntington's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease etc.)
* Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score \< 21
* Injury to the lower extremities within the past 6-weeks.
```

## Locations (1)

- Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom _(54.9733, -1.6140)_
  - Gabriella R Gatti, BSc — (CONTACT) — 01912273343 — gabriella.gatti@northumbria.ac.uk
  - Rodrigo Vitorio, PhD — (CONTACT) — 01912273343 — rodrigo.vitorio@northumbria.ac.uk
  - Gabriella R Gatti, Bsc — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Rodrigo Vitorio, PhD — (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Rosie Morris, PhD — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Alan Godfrey, PhD — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
  - Samuel Stuart, PhD — (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

## Central Contacts

- Gabriella R Gatti, BSc — (CONTACT) — 01912273343 — gabriella.gatti@northumbria.ac.uk
- Rodrigo Vitorio, PhD — (CONTACT) — 01912273343 — rodrigo.vitorio@northumbria.ac.uk

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