Effects of a Program of Physical Exercise and Electrotherapy on Muscle Strength in Subjects of the Fourth Age

Early Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Geriatric Assessment; Muscle Strength; Postural Balance; Body Mass Index
• Interventions: Other: Electrotherapy; Other: No intervention; Other: Strong progressive strengthening exercises of lower limbs; Other: Electrotherapy+weights

• Registration Number: NCT01086592
• Lead Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Study First Submitted: 2010-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-03-12
• Study First Posted: 2010-03-15
• Status Verified: 2010-06
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2010-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-07-02
• Last Update Posted: 2010-07-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 118

Inclusion Criteria

• Age above 75

Exclusion Criteria

• Mental disorder
• Previous electrotherapy treatments
• Pacemakers
• Lower limbs prosthetics
• Major coronary diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Electrotherapy	Electrotherapy	Neuromuscular Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Control	No intervention	-
Strengthening exercise	Strong progressive strengthening exercises of lower limbs	Strong progressive strengthening exercises of lower limbs.
Electrotherapy+weights	Electrotherapy+weights	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional Capacity	3 months	Berg's Scale, SF-36 test, 6 minute walking test, Barthel test, SPPB.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Strength in lower limbs	3 months	Dinamometry, bioimpedancy.
Timed standing balance. Side by side, semi tandem, tandem stand and one-leg stand	3 months	Berg Scale, SPPB.
Maximum Gait Speed. Time to cover a 4 meter distance	3 months	Physical performance test
Body mass index	3 months	Bioimpedancy, ecography, lower limb perimeter.
Six-minute walking test	3 months	Physical performance test, assessing maximum distance covered during 6 minutes (assistance allowed if required).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CEU-Cardenal Herrera University; 🇪🇸 Moncada, Valencia, Spain