Aged
Conditions
Interventions
Participants were randomly assigned to 2 groups (Group "A": 3 men and 14 women and Group "B": 4 men and 14 women). Both groups involved in the intervention and control phase.
Group A: first phase of
they were only followed by telephone to obtain information about eventual falls events. After three strengths again reevaluated.
Behavioural
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Sponsors
Departamento de Saúde Coletiva
Faculdade de Educação Física
Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy elderly volunteers; age between 60 and 80 years; both genders; sedentary.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Physical or functional conditions that could be aggravated as a result of the proposed activities or that could prevent full participation in the study such as dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, use of prosthesis in the lower limbs, and participation in regular and targeted physical activity.Age less than 60 years and over 80 years.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevention of the risk of falls and improvement of quality of life according to the questionnaires and validated and specific physical tests for the risk of falls (QuickScreen Clinical Falls Risk Assessment, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and Falls Efficiency Scale - International (FES-I) and quality of life by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) at the beginning, middle and end of the study.As an evaluation parameter, improvement is expected from a significant quantitative variation to decrease the risk of falls, decrease in the timing of the Timed Up and Go agility test, and increase in scores on the quality of life questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Analysis of the number of falls, strength, postural stability. The number of falls was collected through the history of falls, the muscle strength was assessed using a handgrip dynamometer. Also, dominant knee extensors strength was evaluated using an isokinetic dynamometer. Plantar pressure distribution was measured on a pressure platform while postural stability was evaluated on a force platform at the beginning, middle and end of the study.As an evaluation parameter, improvement is expected from a significant quantitative variation to decrease the number of falls, increase in muscle strength of knee extensors, and lower body oscillation as a consequence of greater stability | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJuliana de Almeida Costa
Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde
Outcome results
None listed