Whole Body Vibration Exercise for Elderly With Cognitive Impairments

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Device: Whole body vibration exercise; Behavioral: Conventional exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01734083
• Lead Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Brief Summary

The whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in mobility, muscle strength, balance, balance confidence, and cognitive function with a lower fall rate than the control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-11
• Study Start: 2012-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-27
• Primary Completion: 2015-01
• Study Completion: 2015-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

• a diagnosis of mild or moderate dementia, with a Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) of 1 to 2, and a Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (CMMSE) score at 10 or above but below the local cutoff for dementia (18-22, depending on education level)
• able to stand for at least 1 minute with or without hand support
• living in the community
• having an informed consent (from the primary caregiver)

Exclusion Criteria

• significant musculoskeletal conditions (e.g. amputations)
• metal implants in the lower extremity
• recent fracture in the lower extremity
• vestibular disorders
• peripheral vascular disease
• other serious illnesses or contraindications to exercise.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Whole body vibration exercise	Conventional exercise	The experimental group will receive 2 sessions of whole body vibration exercise training and conventional exercise per week for a period of 9 weeks. The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30 Hz and 1 mm, respectively.
Conventional exercise	Conventional exercise	This group will receive 2 sessions of conventional exercise training per week for a period of 9 weeks.
Whole body vibration exercise	Whole body vibration exercise	The experimental group will receive 2 sessions of whole body vibration exercise training and conventional exercise per week for a period of 9 weeks. The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30 Hz and 1 mm, respectively.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timed-up-and-go test	week 21

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease	week 21
incidence of falls	daily starting from week 0 to week 33	Incidence of falls will be recorded by using fall diaries.
Berg balance scale	week 21
Activities-specific balance confidence scale	week 21
five times sit-to-stand test	week 21
Mini-Mental State Examination	week 21

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing; 🇭🇰 Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong