Effects of a Serious Game With Elderly People

University Hospital Center (CHU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Functional Autonomy

Treatments: Other: classic program; Other: serious game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03836911

RECHMPL18_0006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of the effect of a 12 weeks serious game based exercises program on physical performance in older adults living in nursing homes, in comparison with a control group that benefits from a classical exercise training program including balance, muscle strengthening and walking exercises with the same duration.

Full description

Recent reviews of the literature have shown that exergames may have interest in balance rehabilitation, physical performance maintenance, and fall prevention in community dwelling older adults with neurodegenerative disease or at risk of fall. These reviews also show however that classical exergames are not adapted for rehabilitation of patients with functional limitations, which could explain their relatively moderate benefits in those patients.

To overcome this lack, a serious game has been co-developed with medical to be adapted to the specific needs and characteristics of nursing home residents In this study , the investigators propose to compare the effects on physical performance, falls incidence, and quality of life of a 12-weeks serious game based exercise program and a classical exercises program

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• older adults aged 65 and over, living in nursing homes and able to walk without technical assistance and sign an informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• subjects with cognitive impairments (MMSE < 14) or with conditions that contra-indicate the involvement in a rehabilitation program for medical or ethics reasons; subjects with a history of seizure.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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136 participants in 2 patient groups

serious game

Active Comparator group

Description:

the effect on physical performance of a personalized, 12-weeks rehabilitation program using a serious game

Treatment:

Other: serious game

Classic program

Other group

Description:

the effect on physical performance of a personalized, 12-weeks rehabilitation program using a classical exercise program in older subjects living in a nursing home

Treatment:

Other: classic program