ACTRN12609000201279
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Does Whole Body Vibration exercise improve balance and muscle strength and reduce the number of falls in older persons living in residential care
ConditionsBalance Impairment in older persons living in residential care facilityMuscle Weakness in older persons living in residential care facilityAccidental Falls in older persons living in residential care facilityPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Balance Impairment in older persons living in residential care facility
- Sponsor
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Enrollment
- 44
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Male or Female at least 65 years of age.
- •\-Living in the defined Residential Aged Care Facility – Independent Living Units \-Able to stand independently with or without aids.
- •\-Cognitive capacity sufficient to understand the requirements of Whole Body Vibration and or group based strength and balance exercise.
Exclusion Criteria
- •\- Cognitive impairment such that they are unable to understand the requirements of WBV exercise.
- •\- Unable to stand independently without at most a walking aid for support.
- •\- Lower Limb Joint Arthroplasty.
- •\- Acute Inflammatory arthritis.
- •\- Acute Neurological or Cardiac Event.
- •\- Current acute soft tissue injury in the lower limbs, Lumbar or Thoracic Spine.
- •\- Acute (un\-united) fracture of the lower limbs, Lumbar or Thoracic Spine.
- •\- History of Deep Venous Thrombosis.
- •\- Current participation in a resistance\-training program.
- •\- Known Gallstones, kidney or bladder stones
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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