diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group 1: training with virtual reality, 15 elderly women, 24 sessions, duration of 50 minutes
Experimental group 2: conventional proprioceptive training, 15 elderly women, 24 sessions, duration of 50 minutes
Experimental group 3: HIIT training (Intermediate High Intensity Training), 15 elderly women, 24 sessions, duration of 50 minutes
Control group: no training, 15 elderly, 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 at or above 60 years, insufficiently active, absence of cognitive deficit, absence of impairment due to cardiovascular diseases limiting to exercise, absence of severely impaired visual or auditory acuity, absence of cutaneous lesions in the feet and amputations, independent walking and locomotion without auxiliary devices and absence of diagnosis of neurological disease that affects gait pattern.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly persons attending another proprioceptive rehabilitation program during training or in the last three months, and those who participate in less than 75% of the training program.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the functional balance evaluated by functional tests (time up go test and BERG Balance Scale), by stabilometry and baropodometry. Data collected one week before, after four weeks of intervention and at the end of eight weeks of intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decreased risk of falls assessed using the Falls Efficacy Scale instrument. Data collected one week before, after four weeks of intervention and at the end of eight weeks of intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactClaudio Henrique Mascarenhas
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
Outcome results
None listed