Effects of Treadmill walking on quality of life and 6-minute walk test of institutionalized elderly

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Elderly, Health of Institutionalized Elderly, Elderly volunteers; M01.060.116.100; SP2.006.047.063; M01.774.500

• Registration Number: RBR-89x588
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

Elderly institutionalized residents of the city of Marília-SP; of both sexes; aged 60 years or older; with functional impairment categories (CDF) greater than or equal to 2; without cognitive deficit in the Mental State Mini Exam according to the years of schooling (BRUCKI et al., 2003)

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals who refuse to sign the consent form; with untreated neurological or cardiorespiratory pathologies and / or who limit the ability to walk on the treadmill; with visual or auditory deficits incapacitating to conduct the research; and the elderly who interrupt in any Stages of intervention or evaluation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analyze the effects of the treadmill's hiking program for 10 weeks, on the quality of life, through the Whoqol-brefs and the improvement in postural equilibrium and mobility, assessed by clinical trials (test timed up and go;Tinetti equilibrium test; 10 meter walk test and 6 minute walk test). Evaluate before, at 5 weeks, at the end and after 4 weeks of the program.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are not expected