None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Aging is something inevitable and implies the decrease of some physical capacities, for example the balance, the decrease of flexibility, agility, joint mobility. These characteristics will lead to a decreasing of functional competence, which is central to the accomplishment of the daily life activities. Physical exercise is primordial to improve the elderly quality of life. (Rommel Almeida Fechine, 2012) The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a functional training program in the functional competence of an elderly group of people, who attend day care centers in Viseu, enrolled in the program Viseu Ativo. The program will last 12 weeks, three times a week. It will be applied an almost experimental study which will assess in two times: pre-intervention and post-intervention. (Freixo, 2009) To assess the participants it will be applied the following scales: ”Falls Efficacy Scale” (FES), “The Timed Up &Go” (TUG) and Berg’s Balance Scale. This study intends to check if we can increase the evaluation of the fall risk, the balance and the functional competence in the march applied to the group of people that will adopt the functional training program.
Interventions
The present study will be in function of "Education for functional health in the elderly with reduced mobility".
To that end, we propose data collection at the level of aerobic capacity, cognitive function, strength, balance and flexibility, and the implementation of an exercise program with the objective of training of anticipatory reaction mechanisms, dual-task and multi-task training "- importance of associated motor and cognitive training to improve functional capacity and decrease the risk
The present study will be in function of "Education for functional health in the elderly with reduced mobility". To that end, we propose data collection at the level of aerobic capacity, cognitive function, strength, balance and flexibility, and the implementation of an exercise program with the objective of training of anticipatory reaction mechanisms, dual-task and multi-task training "- importance of associated motor and cognitive training to improve functional capacity and decrease the risk of falls. The independent variable of this study will be the introduction of specific exercises of functional training in the gymnastics class of physical activity program in the elderly, in the one that will be the experimental group. The program of this study will run for 12 consecutive weeks with sessions 3 times a week and 30 minutes each session. These sessions are performed with the elderly group (small group) of a day care center of the three study locations (Moselos, Lustosa and Tondelinha) included in the physical activity period of the Viseu Active program. The dependent variables will be the risk of falling, balance, functional and cognitive capacity of the elderly. The program includes: • Clarification session where all the information related to the study will be provided, and all doubts will be clarified. • In the group that will be chosen as experimental (That is, from a single day center - Moselos), education for functional health will be introduced where a new series of functional exercises will be started every 15 days in the five areas of practice (aerobic training, balance, strength, flexibility and cognitive). At the beginning of each new series of exercises (Every 15 days are included a new series of 2 physical exercises and 2 cognitive exercises, this new series will add to the exercises previously applied in the previous series, the five areas of practice listed run simultaneously), the physiotherapist will introduce them and the remaining times will be the responsibility of the local physical activity technician apply the exercises .
Sponsors
Piaget Institute of Viseu
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Age plus 65 years old Physical mobility reduction Elderly who can not comply with the Initial Assessment of Physical-Functional Fitness according to the Otago Exercise Programme
Exclusion criteria
Dementia
Outcome results
None listed