Balanseat

Recruiting

Conditions: Elderly with walking and balance problems.

Registration Number: NL-OMON25419

Lead Sponsor: Research group; Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen

Brief Summary: /A

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 65+ years • Ability to walk at least 10 meters on a ?at surface, with or without an assistive device • Decreased walking speed; gait speed < 0.8 m/sec, during walk test • An informed consent was signed by the participant

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals with a major disease or unstable health that prevents their participation • Individuals with amputees or who had surgery in the past three months • Individuals following physical therapy related to back, walking and/or balance problems • Individuals with MCI or dementia

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Therapy adherence; Adherence to the intervention will be assessed based on adherence to the balanseat program during the study. Adherence to the balanseat program will be calculated based on completion of exercise bouts. <br>- Gait and balance parameters to be measured before, during (after 6 sessions) and after the intervention (post 12 sessions) include; timed up and go (TUG), 10 meter walk test (10MWT), short physical performance battery (SPPB), functional reach test (FRT) and Falls efficacy scale (FES).

Secondary Outcome Measures