NCT04606667

Multicomponent Exercise in the Functionality of the Elderly in the Community

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Instituto Piaget · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Evaluate the results of the implementation of a multicomponent exercise program (16 weeks) for elder community dwelling population on their functionality (via cognitive, balance and mobility status).

Detailed description

A quasi-experimental study, of the pre-test-post-test type, with a sample for convenience from in a cohort of elderly community dwelling people, carried out between 2009 and 2011. The general objective is to verify the impact of a physical exercise program organized in classes, under the supervision of physiotherapists.The specific objectives are to analyze the effect after 8 and 16 weeks, on the functionality of the elderly person, discriminating three conditions: cognitive state, balance and functional mobility.

Conditions

• Aging
• Cognition
• Balance
• Mobility Limitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise Program	Exercise program

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-09-01
• First posted: 2020-10-28
• Last updated: 2020-10-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal