Effect of Rollator on Walking Distance in Elderly Patients

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Elderly

Treatments: Procedure: six minute walking test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02235168

6MWTElderly

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of a rollator on 6 Minute Walking Test (6MWT) in elderly people.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elderly people (older than 60 years)

Exclusion criteria

• respiratory diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

With rollator

Experimental group

Description:

Six minutes walking test with rollator

Treatment:

Procedure: six minute walking test

Without rolator

Active Comparator group

Description:

Six minutes walking test without rollator

Treatment:

Procedure: six minute walking test