Whole Body Vibration Exercise for Elderly With Cognitive Impairments

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Device: Whole body vibration exercise; Behavioral: Conventional exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01734083

HSEARS20120929006

Details and patient eligibility

About

The whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in mobility, muscle strength, balance, balance confidence, and cognitive function with a lower fall rate than the control group.

Enrollment: 66 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a diagnosis of mild or moderate dementia, with a Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) of 1 to 2, and a Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (CMMSE) score at 10 or above but below the local cutoff for dementia (18-22, depending on education level)
• able to stand for at least 1 minute with or without hand support
• living in the community
• having an informed consent (from the primary caregiver)

Exclusion criteria

• significant musculoskeletal conditions (e.g. amputations)
• metal implants in the lower extremity
• recent fracture in the lower extremity
• vestibular disorders
• peripheral vascular disease
• other serious illnesses or contraindications to exercise.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

66 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole body vibration exercise

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive 2 sessions of whole body vibration exercise training and conventional exercise per week for a period of 9 weeks. The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30 Hz and 1 mm, respectively.

Treatment:

Device: Whole body vibration exercise

Behavioral: Conventional exercise

Conventional exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive 2 sessions of conventional exercise training per week for a period of 9 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Conventional exercise