Effects of home Exercise Technology for the elderly

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• Conditions: Accidental Falls; H01.671.293.239

• Registration Number: RBR-6r3q4zn
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade de Brasília

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-07-04
• Last Update Posted: 26 July 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Both sexes; age between 60 and 80 years; be registered and monitored at the Ambulatory; own or have relatives in the same household who have a smartphone that supports the application with internet access; be available to attend the monthly consultations carried out throughout the study; being independent in activities of daily living, through the Barthel index; non-practitioners of physical activity or insufficient physical activity, assessed using the International physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ), an instrument that assesses the level of physical activity

Exclusion Criteria

Age greater than 80 years; chronic complications of DM (neuropathy; nephropathy, retinopathy, limb amputation and diabetic foot); participate in another clinical trial, research study, or exercise program where they perform similar balance and strength activities; having mobility limitations or using walking devices; diagnosis of progressive neurological disease or other acute or unstable medical condition that precludes performing the exercises; make use of medications that interfere with balance; failing to perform any evaluation proposed in the study protocol; presenting cognitive impairments assessed through the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) - the cutoff scores used for exclusion will be: 17 for illiterates; 22 for seniors with between 1 and 4 years of schooling; 24 for those with between 5 and 8 years of schooling and 26 for those with 9 or more years of schooling; and those with mobility deficits – Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) over 20 seconds, a timed test that assesses walking speed, balance and risk of falling

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected to find a decrease of up to 3.76 seconds in the execution time of the Timed Up-and-Go test at the end of the three months after the intervention. Data collected before the intervention and three months after the start of the intervention