NCT04615897

Efficiency of New Technologies in the Aging Process

Effectiveness of New Technologies in the Balance, Gait and Cognitive Function in Healthy Elderly

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Seville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study tries to analyze the effectiveness of the application of the new technology in the maintenance of an active time. To do this, the investigators performed a laboratory test where they evaluated the physical and cognitive variables before and after the intervention and analyzed the improvement in the psychocognitive abilities in the experimental group and the use of physical and cognitive functions in the control group.

Detailed description

The main objective of this study is the demonstration of the effectiveness of a motor task, making use of the Nintendo Wii video game console, in healthy elderly people, as well as demonstrating the interaction between the physical and cognitive aspects and the decline that in these functions causes the aging process. Methodology: A double blind, controlled and randomized clinical trial was developed on a total sample of 46 subjects, with a mean age of 72.59 years. For the collection of data, the following evaluation scales and computerized tests were passed (Cognitive Miniexamen, Depression Scale, Berg Scale, Tinetti Scale, Timed Up and Go test, Oddball Test and the Attention Network Test).

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	new tecnology intervention	The intervention consists of 16 sessions, performed with a frequency of twice a week, the final evaluation was made within three days after the end of the last treatment session. It is used for the motor task, the "Fishing Under Zero" exercise, included within the "balance" modality and the so-called "Step Plus" located in the aerobic exercise folder. Each subject carried out the training taking into account the following methodology: 3 cycles of the "Fishing under zero" exercise, one cycle of the "Step Plus" exercise and 3 cycles of the "Fishing under zero" exercise, the approximate duration of the task being about 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2020-11-04
• Last updated: 2020-11-04