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To study the beneficial effect of Yoga exercises of people above 60 years of age who has a fear of falling

Effect of Yoga Therapy on Elderly Patients With Fear of Fall - An Open Label Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/06/043287
Enrollment
62
Registered
2022-06-15
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-06-27

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga therapy: A list of yoga postures and breathing exercises consisting of 7 Asana practices with support of chair each for 10 cycles, 4 pranayama practices each for 10 cycles, and Yog

Sponsors

CCRYNCCMBIY All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients of age 60 years and above 2. Patients with moderate to high concerns of fear of fall as per FES-I scale. 3. Patients with Activities of Daily living score of 6 as per Katz ADL scale

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with ulcers, gangrene, burns over the foot. 2. Patients with musculoskeletal deformities. 3. Patients with cognitive impairment with HMSE score 4. Patients with known psychiatric disorders and whoâ??re under current treatment for the same conditions. 5. Patients with moderate to severe hearing impairment. 6. Patients with visual acquity less than 6/60 with correction.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
At the end of three months to see changes in Fear of Fall and Berg Balance ScoreTimepoint: 3 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in quality of life after three months of yoga therapyTimepoint: 3 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Kritartha Kashyap

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh

minakshi.dhar@rediffmail.com7060002778

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026