Effect of Balance Training in Older Adults
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Prevention of Falls in Older PersonsG11.427.690
- Registration Number
- RBR-6hp5h9
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy older, between 65 and 80 years, living in the community.
Exclusion Criteria
Presence of cardiovascular, neurological or vestibular diseases. Presence of musculoskeletal problems that interferes with static or dynamic balance. Peripheral neuropathies. Use of medication for central nervous system. Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) score less than 19.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle activation: will be acquired through surface electromyography of the lower limb muscles during body disturbance. The following variables will be obtained: electromyographic muscle reaction time, time to peak and average muscle activity. Displacement of center of pressure: will be obtained through a force plate during the body disturbance. The following variables will be obtained: anteroposterior and posteroanterior displacement (in centimeters) and the total area of displacement (in centimeters). The data will be assessed before and after six weeks of balance training.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Agility and functional mobility: will be obtained through the time in seconds for testing of lift, walk and sit (Timed up and Go test). Anterior stability limit: will be evaluated by means of Functional Reach test, which detects in centimeters the anterior voluntary body displacement. Central activation failure: is obtained by maximum voluntary contraction associated with electro stimulation of the ankle muscles, measured by means of a load cell. The data will be assessed before and after six weeks of balance training.