The assessment of mental practice on balance and sustained attention in eldery men (60-80yrs)

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• Conditions: Condition 1: falling. Condition 2: falling. Condition 3: falling. Condition 4: falling. Condition 5: falling. Condition 6: falling. Condition 7: Senility.; Other fall on same level; Unspecified fall; Other fall from one level to another; Fall on and from stairs and steps; Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling; Tendency to fall, not elsewhere classified; Senility

• Registration Number: IRCT201201121722N4
• Lead Sponsor: postgraduate Studied and Research Program, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

Ages 60-80 years old; ability to read and write; Interest to participate in the research; The mean of rank as a result of two questionnaires of VVIQ and VMIQ for the assessment of capability of mental imaging less than 3/5 (Cook-Shumway, 2001); Berg's balance test screen less than 45, meaning there is a risk of falling for the elderly (fear of falling) Perell, 2001; Teresa, 2002; Susan, 2008 and Scott, 2007);The elderly has, at least, fallen once during the past 6 months; The elderly must have complete sight and hearing or one correctable with aids. Those with incorrectable insufficiencies wili not be included; No specific neurological or orthopedic disease, this must be confirmmed by a nursing home doctor, as well as any other malignancy, fracture and orthopedic side effects that might have negative effect on patient’s balance. It’s worth saying that ,here, by disease” , it dose not mean age- related side effects. 9) The elderly must obtain cognitive 's score of 22 or more in MMSE Test(Sayyedian, 2007); No adminstration of anti-psychotic, anti-convulsion drugs; Patients must not use walker, etc.

Exclusion Criteria

Any condition that interefer The participation of elderlies in the study; No interest of elderly for continiuing the research

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance. Timepoint: before the beginning the intervention (initial assessment), immediately after the end of the intervention (post-treatment assessment) , Two weeks after the end of intervention (Short-term follow-up) and 3 months after the end of intervention (long-term follow-up). Method of measurement: Berg Balance Scale?Timed Get Up&GO? Six-Minute Walk Test.;Sustained attention. Timepoint: before the beginning the intervention (initial assessment), 2 Weeks after the beginning of Intervention, immediately after the end of the intervention (post-treatment assessment) , Two weeks after the end of intervention (Short-term follow-up) and 3 months after the end of intervention (long-term follow-up). Method of measurement: Persian form of CPT(continuous performance test) software.