Feasibility of a Physical Exercise Program, Performed Inside or Outside the Aquatic Environment, to Reduce Falls in Institutionalized Elderly: A Pilot Randomised Clinical Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Age Problems
- Sponsor
- University Ramon Llull
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from baseline Number of Falls at 3 months, 6 months and 9 months
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a pilot randomized control trial with single blinding of the assessor that will be conducted in two nursing homes residence to evaluate the applicability of a physical exercise program performed in an aquatic environment compared with the same realization but land-based to reduce falls in the institutionalized old people. The secondary objectives are to study the applicability of the intervention in improving balance, function, gait mobility, muscle strength of the lower limbs and the perception of the intervention.
Detailed Description
The participants will be randomized and divided into the hydrotherapy group or the control group. Each participant will attend a total of 24 physical exercise sessions of 50 minutes of duration. The study outcomes will be measured before the intervention and in 3 posterior phases to evaluate its effects in the short, medium and long terms.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Be institutionalized in a care center
- •Participate voluntarily and sign the informed consent
- •Have a punctuation of 2 or more in The Downton Fall Risk Index
Exclusion Criteria
- •Suffer from a condition that can be affected or hinder exercise
- •Acute disease unresolved in 10 days
- •Not controlled hypertension
- •Contagious skin disorder
- •Urinary or faecal incontinence
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from baseline Number of Falls at 3 months, 6 months and 9 months
Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months
Falls follow up
Secondary Outcomes
- Pain measured with Visual Analogue Scale(3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Muscle strength measured with Five Sit to Stand test and Handgrip Test(3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Mobility measured with Timed Up & Go Test(3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Balance measured with Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment(3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Daily living activities measured with Barthel Test(3 months, 6 months, 9 months)
- Intervention Perception measured with Qualitative interview(3 months)