The Effects of Balance Exercises on Postural Control and Gait in Older Women with risk of Falls

The Effects of Balance Exercises On Postural Sway And Gait In Pre Frail Older Women at Risk of Falls

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000970044

Enrollment

Registered

2010-11-11

Start date

2009-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of a program with balance exercises on postural control, gait, falls and fear of falling of older women with history of falls. Exercises trained center of gravity control during challenge situations

Interventions

Exercise Group trained classes with static and dynamic balance exercises. Balance disks and tables, foams and balls were used for the exercises. The program was composed by exercises that trained postural control during bipodal and unipodal stance, altering surfaces and visual information, avoid obstacles and ankle and hip strategy. Exercises were performed in groups with a physiotherapist, 1 hour twice a week for 12 week.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Community-dwelling older adults; age 65 yeras or over; history of at least one fall 12 months prior to data collection; pre-frail according Phenotype of Frailty; ability to walk 6 meters without human assistance.

Exclusion criteria

Cognitive impairment; neurologic conditions like Parkinson and stroke; initiate any intervention after randomization.

Outcome results