Effects of Leg Lifting Training Using a Lower Body Position Visual Feedback Device on Balance and Lower Extremity Strength in Elderly

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy elderly with aged 65- 74 years; exercise, elderly, strength; augmented visual feedback, balance&#44

• Registration Number: TCTR20170809001
• Lead Sponsor: Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-09
• Study Completion: 2018-01-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

- Independent-living elderly aged 65-74 years who did not exercise ≥ three times a week.
- Body mass index (BMI) ranging between 18.5-22.9 kg/m2.
- Standing, walking, and stair climbing independently without gait aid
- No neurological conditions such as diagnosed stroke, polio myelopathy, Parkinson’s disease, and peripheral neuropathy of lower extremity.
- No musculoskeletal conditions affected to balance ability such as diagnosed hip or knee osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, arthroplasty of lower extremity, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatic, severe ankle sprain, etc.
- No cardiovascular conditions such as diagnosed coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, and uncontrolled hypertension.
- Normal visual acuity (corrected with glasses or contact lens; visual acuity > 6/6 using Snellen’s chart for visual acuity testing).
- No cognitive impairment (The score Mini-Mental State Examination, Thai version 2002 (MMSE-Thai 2002) for people with uneducated, six years of education or lower, and higher than six years education is > 14/23, > 17/30, and > 22/30, respectively).
- Abilities to read and write the Thai sentences (The score of MMSE-Thai 2002, item written command and writing are 1).

Exclusion Criteria

-Having serious conditions or accident during data collecting period that affected to balance or ability to exercise.
-Participation in another exercise which adding from the program prior to participate in this study, more than twice a week during data collecting period.
-Participation in the exercise program less than 80% of total intensity (< 10 sessions).
-Alcohol consumption in the last 24 hours prior to assess the outcomes and exercise.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance week 0, week 4 Unilateral stance (US),Balance week 0, week 4 Limits of stability (LOS),Balance week 0, week 4 Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB),Balance week 0, week 4 Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES),Lower extremity strength week 0, week 4 30 second sit to stand test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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