Effect Task specific exercises on balance, walking speed and functional performance in elderly people
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/07/015067
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1.Community dwelling elderly and not institutionalized or hospitalized.
2.Age: Above and equal to 65 years (Male/Female).
3.Subjects having Mini Mental State Exam score of greater than and equal to 24.
4.Activities specific balance confidence scale score greater than 67%.
5.Subjects who were able to ambulate independently without assistive devices.
6. subjects willing to give signed consent form.
1.Subjects with musculoskeletal diseases /deformities of lower limbs.
2.Subjects with neurological disorders like stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinsonâ??s disease, etc.
3.History of unstable cardiac disease / pathologies, history of cardiac surgery.
4.Subjects having moderate to severe depressive subjects (Geriatric Depression Scale Score >8).
5.Subjects who had a recent fall within six months.
6.Uncorrected hearing and visual impairments.
7.Receiving physical therapy or any other exercise programme at the same time.
8.Subjects who has an unstable medical condition / illness that may interfere with the exercise program.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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