Effect of Aging on Postural Stability
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Effect of Aging on Postural Stability
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percentage of change in balance function
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Postural control of human body is a complex process involving visual , vestibular, somatosensory system and their central processing , add the vestibular system through its multiple connection coordinates movements of the head with movement of the eyes (to maintain clear vision ), trunk , and limbs (to maintain cephalic and postural stability ) via vestibulo-ocular and vestibulo-spinal reflexes respectively Global postural control shows alterations with aging increasing the chance of falls in the population aged 60 years or older, In older adults, poor postural balance can indicate an impaired ability to recover from small postural perturbations and be predictive of future falls
Investigators
Zainab Ahmed Mahmoud
Resident Doctor at Audio vestibular Medicine Unit ENT Department, Al-Azhar University (Assiut)
Sohag University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age: from 60 years to 80 years old.
- •Sex: males and females
- •All subject had no audio vestibular disease's.
- •No evidence of cognitive dysfunction.
- •No evidence of musculo-skeletal abnormalities.
- •No motion intolerance.
- •No history of any disease required to give treatment that could affect results
Exclusion Criteria
- •Old age person with cognitive dysfunction.
- •Old age person with musculo-skeletal disorder.
- •Adult person below age 60 years old.
- •Old age person with neurological disease, motion intolerance, visual disorder, diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percentage of change in balance function
Time Frame: 12 months
Using computerized dynamic posturography ( sensory organization test)