Objective Assessment of Physical Activity in Older Adults

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Strength; Functionality; Older Adults; Validity During Daily Activities

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01621035

ML7732

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the validity of 2 objective measures of physical activity among older adults. In addition, the investigators will examine the influence of functionality, walking aids, walking speed and step length on the accuracy.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 70 years

Exclusion criteria

• recent cardiovascular event
• vestibular disorder or fracture (4 months)
• severe dementia
• oxygen supplementation during daily activities
• not able to perform daily activities

Trial design

90 participants in 1 patient group

elderly (> 70 y)