Effectiveness of Microkinesitherapy in Seniors

The Opole University of Technology

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Microkinesitherapy

Treatments: Behavioral: microkinesitherapy treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05494879

Micro_Poznan

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many specialists stress that the aging process is individual, its course, severity and occurrence of disease are not the same for all seniors. The studies indicate that SA should be conceptualized as a process, using developmental trajectories of functioning as component parts, and can take several forms. The nature of "successful" trajectories varied from a limited decline over time (e.g., cognitive and physical functioning), stability over time (e.g., self-perceived health) to recovery (from social loneliness) and growth (in life satisfaction and emotional support provided). Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults.

Full description

new therapeutic methods are being proposed that can be used in the community to steer the aging process toward "healthy aging." An example of a holistic approach to the patient can be found in microkinesitherapy. The focus of microkinesitherapy is to find and restore areas of the body that have lost their vitality and mobility, using gentle touches on various body tissues using specific body maps. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults. It was decided to evaluate the impact of a single therapy session on a range of psycho-somatic indicators. The hypotheses were as follows: (H1) The microkinesitherapy intervention will improve the physical function assessed using the Senior Fitness Test, (H2) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will not affect gait performance, (H3) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will improve the quality of life of the participants.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• pneumonia, tuberculosis and other respiratory inflammatory disease in all stages and forms
• less than 6 months after a heart attack, state after thoracic and cardiac surgery
• uncontrolled hypertension
• insulin-dependent diabetes
• lung cancer
• cognitive impairment or Mini-Mental State Examination < 24.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

microkinesitherapy treatment

Experimental group

Description:

The study group received a single therapy session of microkinesitherapy. The entire procedure lasted about 10 minutes. Microkinesitherapy is based on locating information in the patient's body about previous traumas/traumas that have been experienced physically and emotionally, which the body could not eliminate. This information is interpreted on the body by sensitive tensions and called "body scars" and does not necessarily remain in the brain.

Treatment:

Behavioral: microkinesitherapy treatment