Two Different Exercise Methods in Geriatrics

Halic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly People; Nursing Homes

Treatments: Other: LSVT BIG-based (large amplitude) exercise group; Other: Otago-based (slow rhythmic) exercise group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06375785

LSVT-BIG vs Otago

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to compare slow rhythmic exercises with large amplitude exercises in elderly people

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 65 years or older
• living in a nursing home
• Knowing how to read and write Turkish
• Cognitive functions are sufficient for communication (Standardized Mini Mental Test score over 21 points)
• Being between 1-5 on the Clinical Fragility Scale
• Not taking medical medications regularly due to pain
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having vision and hearing problems that affect communication (except for individuals who communicate with glasses and hearing aids)
• Having a disease that causes neurological, orthopedic and musculoskeletal problems
• Having uncontrolled hypotension/hypertension, cardiovascular problems, metabolic and chronic diseases
• anemic individuals
• Having severe cerebrovascular and peripheral venous insufficiency
• Having had an operation in the last year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1 - Otago-based (slow rhythmic) exercise group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Otago-based (slow rhythmic) exercise group

Group 2 - LSVT BIG-based (large amplitude) exercise group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: LSVT BIG-based (large amplitude) exercise group