Virtual Reality in diabetic elderly
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes MellitusC18.452.394.750.149
- Registration Number
- RBR-67y6cz
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Will be included in the study individuals aged between 65 and 79 years; have a clinical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus according to the criteria of the American Diabetes Association - ADA (GROSS et al., 2002); presenting complaints of altered body balance, defined as imbalance and / or dizziness (BITTAR, BOTTINO, BENTO, 2003); have a higher risk of falls by the Dynamic Gait Index with a score of 19 or less (SHUMWAY-COOK, WOOLACOTT, 1995); do not present cognitive impairment according to education (BRUCKI et al., 2003); have mild or moderate peripheral neuropathy assessed by the Neuropathic Symptom Score - ESN (MOREIRA et al., 2005); have good visual acuity assessed by the Snellen Table (JANUZZI et al., 2014); are not undergoing some kind of body balance rehabilitation or performed it up to six months before the survey.
(1) Individuals undergoing balance rehabilitation currently or in the past six months; (2) clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method At least 5% greater improvement in postural balance is expected in the virtual reality treated group than in the kinesiotherapy group, all measured by the Mini - The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini BESTest). For this, the 2x2 repeated measures ANOVA will be used considering as an intergroup factor, the intervention and control groups; and the intragroups, the two evaluations to be performed. The effect size (F) and 95% confidence interval (CI) will be displayed and the significance level of 5% (p<0,05) will be adopted.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method