Healthy old people Plantar sensory Sensory perception training Balance Falls efficacy Old people
Conditions
Interventions
The experimental group was asked to discriminate different hardness levels of foam rubber with plantar sensory perception according to the steps of previous studies (references). The occupational ther
Aichi,
Japan) with five different hardness levels,
which were 58.8,
78.5,
107.9,
200,
308N,
as measured by Asker JA type JIS K6301 (Kohbunshi Keiki Co. Kyoto,
Japan). These steps were as follows.
(1) Step 1: Each subject sat on a high chair so that the subject’s feet could not touch the floor and was blindfolded.
(2) Step 2: The sponge mats were placed un
this procedure was repeated once again in descending order.
(4) Step 4: After this memorization step,
the subject was asked to discriminate hardness of the five sponge mats presented in a random order. During this process,
the subject was immediately informed of feedback on correct or incorrect answer.
(5) Step 5: Repeat Step 3 once and take 30 seconds break.
(6) Step 6: The subject performed a total of 10 sets of trai
the order of 10 sets was random,
and random order was calculated so that the each of the five sponge mats was included twice in the 10 sets. During these 10 sets of training,
the subject was not provided feedback on correct or incorrect answer
Experimental Device,Sham Comparator Device
Plantar seonsory perception training,Plantar seonsory perception training
Sponsors
There is no sponsor
There is no sponsor
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Those who did maintain standing posture; (2) Those who did ambulate independently; (3) Those who did demonstrate plantar touch-pressure sensitivity to Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments of at least 5.07; (4) Those who did understand the instruction as confirmed by scores on the Korean version of Mini-Mental Status Examination ≥ 24.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Those who have any neurologic or orthopedic problems; (2) Those who did participate in any balance training programs in previous six months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Static balance after 2 weeks intervention Center of Pressure sway surface,Dynamic balance after 2 weeks intervention Timed up and go test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Falls efficacy after 2 weeks intervention Falls efficacy scale | — |
Countries
Republic of Korea
Contacts
Public ContactJin-Hyuck Park
Kyungbok University
Outcome results
None listed