Effectiveness of a whole body vibration training program for preventing falls in institutionalised elderly with fear of falling.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Falls risk; Strength; Balance; Quality of life; Fear of falling; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001063707
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Extremadura

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified