Postural balance
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group 1: conventional proprioceptive training, 15 elderly women, 24 sessions, duration of 50 minutes
Experimental group 2: high intensity interval training, 15 elderly women, 24 sessions, duration of 50 minutes
Control group: 15 women, without training, during the study period.
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Sponsors
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 79 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 60 and 79 years; not be participating in regular physical training programs; absence of cognitive deficit; absence of involvement by limiting cardiovascular diseases for exercise; absence of visual or auditory acuity severely impaired and disabling; absence of amputations or cutaneous lesions on the feet; independent walking and locomotion without auxiliary devices; Absence of diagnosis of neurological disease that affects the gait pattern.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly women who attend another rehabilitation program during training or in the last three months; those who have less than 75% participation in the proposed training program.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functionality, being evaluated through the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), one week before and at the end of eight weeks of intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postural balance assessed using the Berg balance scale; Postural control assessed through stabilometry; Plantar sensitivity assessed through esthesiometers; Strength of lower limbs and upper limbs, assessed respectively, using the chair lift test 5 times and dynamometry. Data collected one week before and at the end of eight weeks of intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLudmila Ribeiro de Paula
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
Outcome results
None listed