The feasibility of Whole Body Vibration in institutionalised elderly persons and its influence on muscle performance, balance and mobility: a randomised controlled trial
Completed
- Conditions
- Institutionalised elderly personsNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN62535013
- Lead Sponsor
- Free University of Brussels (VUB) - Gerontology (Belgium)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
All residents of a nursing home (Van Zanden, Brussels, Belgium; capacity of 102 beds) within dependence categories O, A and B according to the scale of Katz et al. (1963) for basic activities of daily living.
Exclusion Criteria
Mainly based on contra-indications for Whole Body Vibration: presence of infectious disease, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, endogenous osteosynthethical material, knee or hip prosthesis, pacemaker, epilepsy, musculo-skeletal disorders and cognitive or physical dysfunction interfering with test and training procedures.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility: taking into account continuation of the exercise program and/or occurence of complications related to the Whole Body Vibration exercises.<br><br>Improvement due to the intervention: taking into account balance and gait (using the timed up-and-go test and Tinetti-test), upper limb and lower body flexibility (using the back scratch and chair sit-and-reach test), maximal grip strength (using a Martin vigorimeter device, Elmed, Addison, USA), closed chain bilateral leg extension (using a linear isokinetic multi-joint dynamometer, Aristokin®, Lode, Groningen, The Netherlands).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcome measures