NCT03521752

Influence of an Exercise Program in the Elderly Balance

Influence of a Specific Exercise Program in the Institutionalized Elderly Balance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, Politécnico e Universitário · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study has the objective to determinate the effectiveness of a specific exercise program on balance and functional capacity of the daily activities of institutionalized elderly. It was a randomized controlled trial with a total of 21 elderly that were randomly distributed into experimental (n = 11) and control groups (n=10). The experimental group performed a specific program exercises during 4 weeks, while the control group wasn't subjected to any intervention. Evaluations were carried out at the beginning and end of the exercise program, for both groups. After the intervention there were no statistically significant differences between groups in total balance and dynamic balance subscale, except static balance subscale.

Conditions

• Balance; Distorted

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Specific Exercise Program	4 weeks of exercise classes, 2 to 3 times a week for a total of 10 sessions. Classes last approximately 40 minutes. The sessions included balance training, motor strength, endurance and flexibility. The training sessions were divided into warm-up, main activity and finally relaxation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-04
• Primary completion: 2015-05-14
• Completion: 2015-06-22
• First posted: 2018-05-11
• Last updated: 2018-05-16