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 个研究点目标入组 70 人开始时间: 2013年9月24日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•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.

•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.

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niversity of Extremadura