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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12613001063707
ACTRN12613001063707
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Among older people living in a nursing home does the use of whole body vibration lead to improvements in balance, strength, fear of falling, quality of life and a reduction in falls risk compared to a placebo group.

niversity of Extremadura0 sites70 target enrollmentSeptember 24, 2013

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Falls risk
Sponsor
niversity of Extremadura
Enrollment
70
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 24, 2013
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Extremadura

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Individuals are potentially eligible if they meet all of the following criteria: (i) Aged 65 years or over; (ii) living in a nursing home; (iii) have fear of falling (FES\-I score \>23\) ; (iv) can provide written informed consent to participate in the study; (v) can do all the physical fitness tests; (vi) have capacity to understand instructions.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Clinicians may consider a patient unsuitable to enrol if they have any of the following: (i) History of severe trauma; (ii) Artificial prosthesis; (iii) Peripheral nerve entrapment; (iv) Inflammatory rheumatic diseases; (v) Severe cognitive impairment or otherwise judged unable to understand or comply with treatment protocol; (vi) Other diseases that do not allow them to make the training protocol; (vii) Having some other pathology that contraindicates exercise program or requiring special care (coronary artery disease, thrombosis, bone diseases, lung or kidney moderate or severe); (viii) Having some pathology that required daily intake of psychotropic drugs or affecting the vestibular system (Parkinson, etc..) to avoid the influence on measures of balance; (ix) Participation in regular physical exercise programs more than once a week for 30 minutes or more, during two weeks, in the last five years.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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