NCT01086592

Effects of a Program of Physical Exercise and Electrotherapy on Muscle Strength in Subjects of the Fourth Age

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.

Conditions

• Geriatric Assessment
• Muscle Strength
• Postural Balance
• Body Mass Index

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention	Daily life activities
OTHER	Strong progressive strengthening exercises of lower limbs	Lower limb weight
OTHER	Electrotherapy	Neuromuscular Electrical Nerve Stimulation
OTHER	Electrotherapy+weights	Superimposed Neuromuscular Electric Nerve Stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2010-03-15
• Last updated: 2010-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain