The efficiency of a program of psychomotor exercise balance of the elderly

Completed

• Conditions: Balance; elderly; psychomotricity; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000181606
• Lead Sponsor: MARCELO C. RUBIRA

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were: physical and social autonomy, without previous history of vertigo, fractures and who remained in orthostatism without aid.

Exclusion Criteria

Excluded from the study were those with gait changed, patients with visual problems, psychiatric illness or neurological disorders, the practitioners of regular physical activity and the use of any medication.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
plantar surface area by baropodometry[12 weeks after intervention.]; average speed oscillatory and oscillation anteroposterior by baropodometry[12 weeks after intervention.]; gait speed by baropodometry[12 weeks after intervention.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvements in daily life activities. Quality of life questionnaire SF-36[12 weeks after intervention.]