Whole-body Vibration Training in Older People (GERIAPLAT)

Asociacion Colaboracion Cochrane Iberoamericana

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Aging

Treatments: Other: Exercise; Device: Exercise with Whole-body vibration platform

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01375790

PI/180-2010 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

GERIAPLAT/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized, multicentre, and parallel clinical trial with blinded to evaluator.

The principal hypothesis is that whole-body vibration training plus exercise improves the body balance and prevents falls more than only exercise training in institutionalized older people. The number needed of patients is 160 (80 per group).

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Institutionalized older people who were 65 years and older
• The patient consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Residents who present an acute disease that not resolved during 10 days.
• Residents with a pacemaker (or serious cardiac alterations)
• Residents with epilepsy
• Residents with a high risk of thromboembolism
• Residents with a history of a hip or knee joint replacement
• Residents who not were musculoskeletal disorders and cognitive or physical dysfunction that interfering with test and training procedures.
• Residents that not accept to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise with Whole-body vibration platform

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise with Whole-body vibration (WBV) platform (Power Plate®). The participants will perform static/dynamic exercises (balance and resistance training) on a vibratory platform (Frequency: 30-35 Hz; Amplitude: 2-4 mm). Training volume and intensity we will increase systematically over six weeks according to the overload principle.

Treatment:

Device: Exercise with Whole-body vibration platform

Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants will perform the same static/dynamic exercises (balance and resistance training) like WBV group but without the vibration stimuli, during a six weeks training period (3sessions/week). Training volume and intensity we will increase systematically over six weeks according to the overload principle

Treatment:

Other: Exercise