Cognitive Impairment and Balance in Elderly

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Other: Descriptive study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02051270

DF0050UG

Details and patient eligibility

About

One important issue in older adults with cognitive problems is the higher risk of fall due to decreased motor function and balance. The objective of this study is to evaluate the repercussions of mild cognitive impairment in balance in elderly.

Full description

Mild cognitive impairment is described as a transitional stage between normal ageing and dementia, and reflects the clinical situation where a person has memory complaints and objective evidence of cognitive impairment but no evidence of dementia. Mild cognitive is important in older people and it is also important to evaluate its repercussion in balance.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nursing home residents.

Exclusion criteria

• Surgery on lower limbs.
• Traumatic damage on lower limbs.
• Severe cognitive impairment in order not to complete the assessment.

Trial design

82 participants in 1 patient group

Elders

Description:

Older people living in nursing homes will undergo a descriptive study.

Treatment:

Other: Descriptive study