Does Combination of Monochromatic Infrared Energy and Tai Chi Exercise improve Balance in Elderly with lower-extremity disease? Double-blinded randomized controlled study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- Not Applicable
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 70
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- 1. Anthropometrics
研究概览
简要总结
It is proved thatMonochromatic infrared energy (MIRE) is significantly effective to improve footsensation in old people which in turn helps them to improve their balance. It is a treatment with infrared energydelivered with Aluminum, Arsenide, and Gallium diodes kept inside flexiblepads. Its wavelength is eight hundredninety nanometers. The warm light from this helps to improve blood supply tothe area. When the blood supply increases, it gives oxygen which is essentialfor tissues and removes metabolic waste materials which act as painstimulators. So pain will be reduced automatically. Hemoglobin in the capillaryblood absorbs these waves and releases nitric oxide and fastens capillarycirculation. It also increases the speed of conduction of sensory nerves andimproves wound healing. The purpose of the study was toevaluate the effect of MIRE along with tai chi exercise in improving balanceand reducing fall risk in the elderly with LEDs.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Computer generated randomization
- 盲法
- Participant and Outcome Assessor Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 70.00 Year(s) 至 90.00 Year(s)(—)
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Not participating in the moderate or vigorous activity; moving independently; being free of chronic medical problems that would limit participation in low-to-moderate intensity exercise; no medical problem hider the session and had no cognitive impairments.
排除标准
- •Subjects who have a history of severe motor deficits and balance performance deficits, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, vestibular diseases, and severe arstions arthritis in lower-extremities.
结局指标
主要结局
1. Anthropometrics
时间窗: Baseline | after 3 months
2. Ankle/brachial index (ABI)
时间窗: Baseline | after 3 months
3. Berg balance scale (BBS)
时间窗: Baseline | after 3 months
次要结局
- 1. Tinetti clinical scale (TCS)(2. Timed up and go (TUG))
