Skilling-up Exercise for Elderly in Need of Care
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Poor Performance Status
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Physical performance
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this randomized controlled study was to examine the effects of a 8 weeks innovative training regime (stochastic resonance whole-body vibration [SR-WBV] and virtual virtual games [VG]) in the skilling up phase on physical performance and strength in elderly in need of care population.
Detailed Description
Sensorimotor and strength exercise are methods to increase strength \& power in the field of geriatrics. The question that arise what exercises are best suited to and most effective for elderly in need of care individuals. Such populations are advised first to enter a "skilling up program" before more traditional forms of training exercises are implemented. Goals in the skilling up phase: improvement in neuromuscular control, postural control and strengthening of large muscle groups of the lower extremity. The aim of the study in the skilling up phase: Study the effect on physical performance Study the effects on muscle strength.. The participants will be recruited in Canton Bern - Switzerland and will be randomly allocated to an intervention group or sham group.
Investigators
Heiner Baur (PhD)
PhD
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) \>0
- •live in canton Bern
- •in terms of training load be resistant.
Exclusion Criteria
- •acut joint disease, acut thrombosis, acute fractures, acute infections, acute tissue damage, or acute
- •surgical scars
- •seniors with prosthesis.
- •alcoholic
- •acute joint disease, activated osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute lower limb
- •acute inflammation or infection tumors
- •fresh surgical wounds
- •severe migraine
- •epilepsy acute severe pain
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Physical performance
Time Frame: after 8 weeks
Short physical performance battery (SPBB): The SPBB examines 3 areas of lower extremity function: standing balance (semi-tandem stand, side-by-side stand, full tandem stand), usual walking speed and ability to stand from a chair. These areas represent essential tasks important for independent living.
Secondary Outcomes
- Submaximal maximum voluntary contraction (subIMVC)(after 8 weeks)
- Isometric rate of force development (IRFD)(after 8 weeks)
- Isometric maximum voluntary contraction (IMVC)(after 8 weeks)