NCT03161236

Assessing Balance Changes Following an Exercise Program Among Middle-Aged Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loma Linda University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This graduate student research study has two purposes; the first purpose is to examine the criterion validity of the Y Balance Test (YBT) with the Limits of Stability Test (LOS) in healthy middle-aged adults. The second purpose is to examine balance changes using the YBT following a home-based exercise program.

Detailed description

4\. "Subjects will be healthy female or male middle-aged adults who are able to walk and move independently. 5\. "Subjects will be between 45 and 64 years of age." 6. "In total, subject participation will last approximately eight weeks. Visit 1 (baseline): 90 minutes, visit 2 (week 4): 30 minutes, and visit 3 (week 8): 60 minutes. 7\. "Subjects will be recruited by distributing flyers in the Loma Linda Community, sending emails to school staff, students, and faculty, and word of mouth. 8\. "Consent will take place at Loma Linda University, Nichol Hall rooms A620 -A640 by investigators." 9. If Multi-center: N/A 10. If Single center or investigator-initiated: "70 subjects will participate in the study."

Conditions

• Balance Changes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	home exercise program	Subjects in the exercise group will be instructed to follow the intervention protocol for eight weeks. The intervention consists of five exercises: standing on one foot, walking heel to toe, heel walking, side kicks, and wall squats. Each exercise will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
OTHER	non exercise program	continue usual lifestyle

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-31
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2017-05-19
• Last updated: 2019-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States