Exercise Effect On Balance And On Falls Risk Among The Elderly Living In The Community
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- accidental falls, exercise therapy, postural balance, agedE02.779.483N06.850.135.122G11.427.690M01.060.116.100
- Registration Number
- RBR-9p8whf
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade de Brasília
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Elderly volunteers; aged 60 years; both sexes; residents in the community (non-institutionalized); with history of one or more falls in the previous year or at risk of falling; that agree to participate and sign the consent form.
Exclusion Criteria
Volunteers in bedridden or wheelchair situation; score less than 17 on the Mini Mental State; severe visual impairment; amputations or use of lower limb prostheses; neurological disease; acute crisis related to vestibular in the last month; history of recent fractures in the lower limbs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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