NCT03019211

Feasibility Aquatic Physical Exercise to Reduce Falls in Institutionalized Elderly

Feasibility of a Physical Exercise Program, Performed Inside or Outside the Aquatic Environment, to Reduce Falls in Institutionalized Elderly: A Pilot Randomised Clinical Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ramon Llull · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a pilot randomized control trial with single blinding of the assessor that will be conducted in two nursing homes residence to evaluate the applicability of a physical exercise program performed in an aquatic environment compared with the same realization but land-based to reduce falls in the institutionalized old people. The secondary objectives are to study the applicability of the intervention in improving balance, function, gait mobility, muscle strength of the lower limbs and the perception of the intervention.

Detailed description

The participants will be randomized and divided into the hydrotherapy group or the control group. Each participant will attend a total of 24 physical exercise sessions of 50 minutes of duration. The study outcomes will be measured before the intervention and in 3 posterior phases to evaluate its effects in the short, medium and long terms.

Conditions

• Age Problems
• Cognitive Impairment
• Elderly
• Postural Balance
• Strength

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2017-01-12
• Last updated: 2017-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain