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Effects of Treadmill walking on quality of life and 6-minute walk test of institutionalized elderly

Effects of a Treadmill program on quality of life and functional capacity of institutionalized elderly

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-89x588
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-02-02
Start date
2016-11-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Elderly, Health of Institutionalized Elderly, Elderly volunteers

Interventions

They will participate in this study of institutionalized elderly residents of the city of Marília, SP
in a total of 100 elderly, being an intervention group and the control group and composites by elderly people with lack of interest or availability of time to perform an intervention 2 times a week. I
Other
G11.427.410.568.900
N02.370
E02.760.169.063.500.387.750

Sponsors

Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Elderly institutionalized residents of the city of Marília-SP; of both sexes; aged 60 years or older; with functional impairment categories (CDF) greater than or equal to 2; without cognitive deficit in the Mental State Mini Exam according to the years of schooling (BRUCKI et al., 2003)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals who refuse to sign the consent form; with untreated neurological or cardiorespiratory pathologies and / or who limit the ability to walk on the treadmill; with visual or auditory deficits incapacitating to conduct the research; and the elderly who interrupt in any Stages of intervention or evaluation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Analyze the effects of the treadmill's hiking program for 10 weeks, on the quality of life, through the Whoqol-brefs and the improvement in postural equilibrium and mobility, assessed by clinical trials (test timed up and go;Tinetti equilibrium test; 10 meter walk test and 6 minute walk test). Evaluate before, at 5 weeks, at the end and after 4 weeks of the program.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are not expected—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMarcos;Natalia Sheicher;Rodrigues Pereira

Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho;Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

mscheicher@marilia.unesp.br;moya.unesp@gmail.com55(14)3402-1300;55(19)99684-3538

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)