Elderly
Conditions
Keywords
elderly, older, gait, side walking, back walking, physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Brief summary
Walking ability is important because it relates to independence in daily living activities, but this ability gradually decreases with age. Impairments in walking ability cause falls in geriatric individuals. Falls are the most common cause of injury in old age and can even result in death. Daily living activities involve walking in different directions such as walking forward, backward and sideways. In geriatric individuals, walking backward shows more impairment compared to walking forward. No study examining the effect of sideways walking training in geriatric individuals has been found in the literature.
Interventions
OTHERExercise
In this intervention, in addition to the standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program, an 18-minute forward walking exercise was performed.
Sponsors
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Pamukkale University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Being 65 years of age or older * Volunteering to participate in the study * Being able to speak and understand Turkish
Exclusion criteria
* Having any serious neurological, orthopedic, rheumatological, and cardiopulmonary diseases that could cause balance problems.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balance | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks | Individuals' balance levels were assessed using the 4-Square Step Test. Completion times were recorded in seconds. |
| Fear of falling | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks | Individuals' levels of fear of falling were assessed using the Modified Fall Efficacy Scale. The 14 items on the Modified Fall Efficacy Scale assess confidence when performing various daily tasks. Items on the scale are scored from 0 (not confident) to 10 (completely confident) to evaluate participants' levels of self-efficacy regarding falls. The total score is the average of the sum of all item scores. Lower scores indicate a high level of fear of falling. |
| Lower extremity performance | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks | Individuals' lower extremity performance was assessed using the Timed Up and Go Test. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTORNilufer Cetisli-Korkmaz, Prof.Dr.
Pamukkale University
Outcome results
None listed