High Intensity Training to Reduce the Risk of Falls in Older People

University of Jaén

Status: Completed

Conditions: Risk of Falls

Treatments: Other: HIIT group, MICT group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03404830

University of Jaén

Details and patient eligibility

About

Due to the high incidence of falls in the elderly population, this study is presented as a method to reduce the risk of falls through a specific type of training in people over 60 years of age.

Full description

A 16-week high intensity interval training (HIIT) program, compared to a continuous exercise program and one that does not perform any training program, decreases the risk of falls and improves the state of health, physical condition and quality of life to a greater extent than a group that does not perform any type of exercise in people over 60 years.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To participate in the study, participants will be required to be 60 years of age or older.

Exclusion criteria

• All participants with diseases that may alter balance and functional activity (such as auditory or vestibular alterations), central or peripheral neurological disorders, other rheumatological diseases, or serious psychiatric or somatic diseases will be excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

HIIT group

Experimental group

Description:

This group receives physical training based on HIIT

Treatment:

Other: HIIT group, MICT group

MICT group

Experimental group

Description:

This group receives physical training based on MICT

Treatment:

Other: HIIT group, MICT group

No intervention group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group does not receive any treatment.