NCT02051270

Cognitive Impairment and Balance in Elderly

Mild Cognitive Impairment and Balance in Elderly

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

One important issue in older adults with cognitive problems is the higher risk of fall due to decreased motor function and balance. The objective of this study is to evaluate the repercussions of mild cognitive impairment in balance in elderly.

Detailed description

Mild cognitive impairment is described as a transitional stage between normal ageing and dementia, and reflects the clinical situation where a person has memory complaints and objective evidence of cognitive impairment but no evidence of dementia. Mild cognitive is important in older people and it is also important to evaluate its repercussion in balance.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Descriptive study	More than 65 years old elders

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2014-01-31
• Last updated: 2016-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain