Aging
Conditions
Interventions
Participants were randomly recruited and allocated into the experimental and control groups, there was no blinding of participants and researchers due to the specificity of the intervention, the train
walking exercise (30 minutes) and muscle relaxation (5 minutes), the training of the experimental group (n= 13) was performed 3 times a week, in 20 sessions of 40 minutes, as follows: stretching and b
walking exercise (22 minutes)
stationary gait using the eMaps software (8 minutes) and muscle relaxation (5 minutes), participants controlled stationary walking movements through an avatar. Simultaneous hip and knee flexion moveme
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Sponsors
Faculdade de Ciências Medicas - UNICAMP
Faculdade de Ciências Medicas - UNICAMP
Eligibility
Age
70 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Be aged 70 years or older; both genders; practitioners of physical exercise; obtain a score higher than the 25-point cutoff point of the Mini Mental State Examination
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The individual cannot have previous diagnoses of diseases or serious physical and mental deficits which prevent participation in the research stages
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome 1: It is expected to find a score of 112 points on the STROOP test, 12 points on the Physical Performance Battery, 90 points on the Inventory of attitudes towards technology, 120 points on the WhoqolOld and 35 points on the Life Satisfaction Scale.;Outcome found 1: The following mean scores of 80 points on the STROOP test, 10 points on the Physical Performance Battery, 60 points on the Inventory of attitudes towards technology, 81 points on the WhoqolOld and 29 points on the Satisfaction Scale with life. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThaís Sporkens-Magna
Faculdade de Ciências Medicas - UNICAMP
Outcome results
None listed