Aged, postural balance and gait
Conditions
Interventions
Active control group: 17 elderly people will participate in 14 cognitive-motor training sessions (exercises with multiple tasks such as walking, carrying objects and making decisions), 50 minutes per
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Sponsors
Universidade de São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elderly in the community aged 60 years or over; both sexes; functional state capable of remaining in the orthostatic position and walking without assistance; without cognitive impairment Mini Mental State Examination above 18 for illiterate and below 26 for those with educational level above 8 years; normal or corrected auditory acuity through the Whisper Test;normal or corrected visual acuity assessed by the Snellen Test; without prior experience with the Kinect Adventures system games and sign the Free and Informed Consent Form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Neurological and orthopedic diseases; the inability to remain in a standing position or walk without assistance; cardiorespiratory diseases that result in clinical alterations; angina; cardiac insufficiency; decompensated blood pressure; behavioral alterations that interfere with the development of the study; incapacitating pain; a history of seizures; and missing more than three consecutive sessions without replacement.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: Improvement of the postural balance evaluated by the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (MiniBest) from the observation of a variation of at least 10% in the pre and post intervention measurements and 30 days after the end of the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The minimum improvement of 10% in the stability limits of the body in the erect position, in the ellipse area 95% of the body with associated mental task and with the eyes closed evaluated by the AccuGait Optimized ™ force platform, post intervention and 30 days after intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactEliana Varise
Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed