Effects of Pilates in Risk Fall in Older Population

University of Jaén

Status: Completed

Conditions: Falling Injury

Treatments: Other: Pilates and fall prevention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02371837

UJA2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The intervention will consist in a 6 week of pilates practice in older population to check the prevention of fall effectiveness.

Full description

A study population of elder people will be randomly allocated to intervention or control group, consisted in Pilates and a booklet of balance tips respectively.

The protocol will be performed for 6 weeks.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: - Elder population. Not to be a pilates practitioner previous to study enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: - Cognitive issues that dont allow to practice pilates method.

Sensorial alteration or any disease that could altered balance. Any drug or medication that modify balance.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

pilates group

Experimental group

Description:

Pilates based protocol for 6 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Pilates and fall prevention

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No treatment group