Physical Condition and Self-efficacy in People With Fall Risk

Aveiro University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fall Risk

Treatments: Other: Exercise program for fall prevention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02746835

Falls Prevention Program

Details and patient eligibility

About

Middle-aged or older people with fall risk were assessed and invited to a multidisciplinary falls prevention program. This program consisted on an adapted exercise program.

Two sessions per week were performed, during 6 weeks supervised by a physiotherapist.

At the end of this program, measures of physical condition and of self-efficacy were repeated to determine its related-effect.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fall Risk (Morse scale)

Exclusion criteria

• Had no capacity to walk independently

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise Protocol

Experimental group

Description:

Set of exercises for balance, endurance, muscle strength and flexibility

Treatment:

Other: Exercise program for fall prevention