Physical Condition and Self-efficacy in People With Fall Risk
- Conditions
- Fall Risk
- Interventions
- Other: Exercise program for fall prevention
- Registration Number
- NCT02746835
- Lead Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Brief Summary
Middle-aged or older people with fall risk were assessed and invited to a multidisciplinary falls prevention program. This program consisted on an adapted exercise program.
Two sessions per week were performed, during 6 weeks supervised by a physiotherapist.
At the end of this program, measures of physical condition and of self-efficacy were repeated to determine its related-effect.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 7
- Fall Risk (Morse scale)
- Had no capacity to walk independently
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Exercise Protocol Exercise program for fall prevention Set of exercises for balance, endurance, muscle strength and flexibility
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-efficacy walking uneven surfaces 6-weeks Question 3- Self-efficacy walking through uneven surfaces (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)
Self-efficacy moving indoors 6-weeks Question 1- Self-efficacy moving indoors; (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)
Self-efficacy moving outside 6-weeks Question 2 - Self-efficacy moving outside (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)
Self-efficacy in physical activities 6-weeks Question 4 - Self-efficacy participating in physical activities (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Marlene Cristina Neves Rosa
🇵🇹Anadia, Aveiro, Portugal