Fall risk assessment and effectiveness of home based exercise on turning ability, balance and functional mobility among older Malaysian adults aged 50 years and above.
- Conditions
- Mild balance impairment during turning.Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000855729
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 68
i) Aged 50 years and above;ii)able to tolerate standing and walking independently for at least six minutes;iii) Identified as unsteady on turning using the Neurocom Balance Masters Step quick turn test;iv) Community dwelling
i) severe clinical or musculoskeletal impairments (eg previous fractures) affecting mobility; ii)visual or auditory impairments which cannot be corrected; iii)history of stroke, Parkinson’s disease, cardiac problems, or transient ischaemic attacks; iv) aged less than 50 years old; v) uses a walking frame, crutches or other bilateral support gait aids for walking in the community; or not community ambulant (not able to walk outdoors away from home independently); vi) institutionalized (living in residential care).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The degree of sway during Step Quick Turn Test as assessed by Laboratory Measurement of Balance using Neurocom Balance Masters Force Platform.[At baseline assessment (one week prior start of intervention and within a week after 16 weeks intervention completion.];Timed Up and Go Test[At baseline assessment (one week prior start of intervention) and within a week after 16 weeks intervention completion.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adherence to exercise program as assessed using an exercise diary.[At 16 weeks, after completion of the intervention. ]