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Boosting Balance: How Adapted Sports Improve Nerve Reflexes in Seniors

Efficacy of adapted sports program on improving postural stability in elderly individuals - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/03/082056
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-03-10
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Group A (Adapted Sports via Xbox Kinect): The Following games in Your Shape: Fitness Evolved II, Kinect adventure and Kinect sports rivals will be used for training older adult s postur

Sponsors

Aditi Sharma
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Older adults 60- 79 years old. 2. Having normal cognitive comprehension abilities and a score of at least 24 points on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). 3. Undergone confirmations of disease history and health status through answering a health survey and the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) to ensure safety of the training.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Inability to stand and walk for 3 minutes without walking aid. 2.Cognitive impairments. 3.Orthopaedic, cardiovascular and neurological disease. 4.Use of medicines that hampers balance. 5.Severe visual and auditory impairments. 6.Participants practicing sports that explicitly include balance component.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postural Stability (H-Reflex)Timepoint: At week 0 and by the end of week 6.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Mini- Bestest One leg stance test. Time Up and Go (TUG) Test. Proprioception (Bubble Inclinometer) Strength (Dynamometer) Timepoint: At week 0 and by the end of week 6.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Vinika Chaudhary

SGT University

aarti_fphy@sgtuniversity.org9958995444

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026