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The effect of Vestibular Rehabilitation on the balance of elderly women living in a long-term institution

Efficacy of Vestibular Rehabilitation in the functional balance of institutionalized elderly women

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-98wgs8
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-11-19
Start date
2017-10-16
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

Disorders of vestibular function

Interventions

Ten elderly women residing in the Padre Venâncio Geriatric Center and Lar Batista Elderly Center, located in the city of Recife / PE, Brazil, participated in the study. A personal form was used to col
and Control Group (CG): 5 elderly women submitted only to conventional physiotherapy. The interventions lasted seven weeks, three times a week, and a duration of 50 minutes, totaling 20 sessions. The
Other
Q65.060

Sponsors

Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau
Lead Sponsor
Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women aged between 60 and 85 years; preserved cognitive function; accept to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Volunteers with presence of auditory and / or visual disturbances; use of wheelchair; with amputation and / or bed restriction; that we do not attend the treatment for at least three times without justification.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome 1 Improvement in functional balance, evaluated by the Timed up and Go test, with a mean difference in the performance time of at least 2 seconds. Data collected before and at the end of the intervention.;Result Found 1 Improvement in functional balance, evaluated by the Timed up and Go test, with a mean difference in the performance time of 3 seconds. Data collected before and at the end of the intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome 2 Improvement in functional balance, assessed by the Berg Balance Scale, with mean score difference of at least 7 points. Data collected before and at the end of the intervention.;Result Found 2 Improvement in functional balance, evaluated by the Berg Balance Scale, with a mean score difference of 10 points. Data collected before and at the end of the intervention.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactDominique Babini

Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira

dbabini.fisioterapeuta@gmail.com+55-081-21224100

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)