Balance Exercises in Fall Prevention and quality of living in elderly

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Aged; Healthy Volunteer; accidental falls; D000058; M01.060.116.100; M01.774.500

• Registration Number: RBR-5nvrwm
• Lead Sponsor: Departamento de Saúde Coletiva

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-18
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy elderly volunteers; age between 60 and 80 years; both genders; sedentary.

Exclusion Criteria

Physical or functional conditions that could be aggravated as a result of the proposed activities or that could prevent full participation in the study such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, use of prosthesis in the lower limbs, and participation in regular and targeted physical activity.Age less than 60 years and over 80 years.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevention of the risk of falls and improvement of quality of life according to the questionnaires and validated and specific physical tests for the risk of falls (QuickScreen Clinical Falls Risk Assessment, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and Falls Efficiency Scale - International (FES-I) and quality of life by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) at the beginning, middle and end of the study.As an evaluation parameter, improvement is expected from a significant quantitative variation to decrease the risk of falls, decrease in the timing of the Timed Up and Go agility test, and increase in scores on the quality of life questionnaire.<br><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analysis of the number of falls, strength, postural stability. The number of falls was collected through the history of falls, the muscle strength was assessed using a handgrip dynamometer. Also, dominant knee extensors strength was evaluated using an isokinetic dynamometer. Plantar pressure distribution was measured on a pressure platform while postural stability was evaluated on a force platform at the beginning, middle and end of the study.As an evaluation parameter, improvement is expected from a significant quantitative variation to decrease the number of falls, increase in muscle strength of knee extensors, and lower body oscillation as a consequence of greater stability<br>