Effects of Strength Exercise on Fall Risk in Elderly With Alzheimer's Disease

University of Jaén

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Fall Risk; Resistance Training; Dementia; Alzheimer's Type (Etiology); Elderly

Treatments: Other: Usual treatment; Procedure: Strength exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04981587

CEIH/FEB.21/8.TES

Details and patient eligibility

About

Interventional study to show the effects of strength exercise on fall risk in elderly with Alzheimer's disease

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• accept to participate in the study, through informed consent
• subjects aged 60 or over with medical diagnosis of Azlheimer´s disease
• minimal physical and mental state to perform the cognitive tests and strength exercise routine

Exclusion criteria

• Neurodegenerative disease other than Alzheimer's disease
• Suffering from serious somatic or psychiatric illnesses
• Patients who have practiced strength exercise regularly

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

This is the group that receives strength exercise in addition to usual treatment

Treatment:

Procedure: Strength exercise

Other: Usual treatment

Control group

Other group

Description:

This is the group that only receives usual treatment

Treatment:

Other: Usual treatment