Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT01735682
Whole Body Vibration Exercise Training for Institutionalized Elderly
The Effects of Whole Body Vibration Exercise Training on Physical Functioning and Falls in Institutionalized Elderly: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 68 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
It is hypothesized that whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in physical functioning and reduction in fall incidence among institutionalized elderly, compared with conventional exercise group and control group.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Whole body vibration | The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30-40 Hz and 1mm, respectively. The total exposure to the vibration stimulation is 4 minutes. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Conventional exercise | The conventional exercise training involves upper limb and lower limb strengthening exercises using sandbags. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Control | The control treatment involves exercises of the upper limbs. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-04-01
- Completion
- 2015-10-01
- First posted
- 2012-11-28
- Last updated
- 2014-05-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01735682. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.