Validity of Korebalance Balance System

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Balance; Distorted; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Timed Up and Go Test; Diagnostic Test: Korebalance Balance System; Diagnostic Test: Berg Balance Scale

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03832075

MedeniyetOP2

Details and patient eligibility

About

In postmenopausal osteoporosis patients, the balance is impaired. Equilibrium is evaluated with various test and balance systems. This study aims evaluation of the patients with the Korebalance Balance System and balance tests and investigation the validity of the Korebalance Balance System.

Full description

53 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients were evaluated with balance tests (Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)) and Korebalance Balance System. The Korebalance Balance System is a balance assessment and exercise system. The higher the score, the greater the deterioration in the balance. The results of static and dynamic balance evaluation are recorded as score values. In this study, investigators compared Korebalance Balance System, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up and Go (TUG) tests and other demographic and clinical parameters (age, body mass index (BMI), 25OHvitD level, menopause age, fall within the last 1 year, fracture history, history of fracture in mother).

Enrollment: 53 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having postmenopausal osteoporosis
• No other disease that can cause balance disorder
• Volunteer participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• To have a disease that will cause balance disorder,
• Having understanding problem to prevent communication with the patient,
• The lack of motor function to the balance device.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 1 patient group

postmenopausal osteoporosis

Experimental group

Description:

Postmenopausal osteoporotic patients evaluated with Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go test and Korebalance balance system for balance disorder.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Korebalance Balance System

Diagnostic Test: Berg Balance Scale

Diagnostic Test: Timed Up and Go Test