Effects of Different Type Exercise Trainings on Functionality in Older Fallers

Ayşe Abit Kocaman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fall Patients

Treatments: Other: Balance training with computerized balance system; Other: square step exercises; Other: vestibular exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04036383

FALL AND SQUARE STEP EXERCİSE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study to examine the effectiveness of different types of exercise trainings on functionality in older faller

Full description

Individuals participating in the study will be blinded and 30 elderly individuals will be included. Sociodemographic information of individuals, Mini Mental State Test, Fall Efficacy Scale, Dynamic Gait Index, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale, Daily Life Activities Scale for Vestibular Disorders, World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Elderly Module test results will be recorded. Hip flexors and abductors, m.quadriceps femoris and m.tibialis anterior muscle strength will be measured by manual muscle dynamometer. In balance assessments; sensory organization test and adaptation test of computerized dynamic posturography will be recorded. Individuals will be divided into 3 groups by blocking and stratification randomization method. All individuals in the group will perform vestibular exercise training twice a day for 8 weeks as a home exercise program. In the first group, vestibular exercise training will be used as a home program, in the second group, individual rehabilitation program will be applied to the computerized balance system and in the third group, square step exercises will be applied. Exercise training will be held 3 times a week for 8 weeks.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65 years and older individuals,
• Mini Mental State Examination Test score above 24,
• At least two falls in the last year
• Independent individuals in mobilization without walking aid

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiac diseases
• Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis in the last three months,
• A history of cerebral aneurysm or intracranial hemorrhage,
• Acute retinal hemorrhage or previous ophthalmic surgery,
• Active infection,
• Multiple organ failure,
• Terminal disease status,
• A history of fractures in the lower and upper extremities within the last three months,
• Severe hearing and vision loss,
• Patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia
• Patients diagnosed with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo,
• Those who have received exercise training in the last 6 months,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

vestibüler

Active Comparator group

Description:

vestibular exercise training

Treatment:

Other: Balance training with computerized balance system

Other: vestibular exercise training

Other: square step exercises

balance training

Experimental group

Description:

vestibular exercise training+ balance training with computerized balance system

Treatment:

Other: Balance training with computerized balance system

Other: vestibular exercise training

Other: square step exercises

square-step

Experimental group

Description:

vestibular exercise training+ square step exercise

Treatment:

Other: Balance training with computerized balance system

Other: vestibular exercise training

Other: square step exercises