NCT04664166

Alpena Otago Telehealth Program

Outcomes of Alpena Otago Telehealth Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project is to analyze the outcomes of the Alpena Otago Telehealth Program. The Alpena Senior Citizens Center is implementing the Otago program, an evidence-based, 6-month, home exercise program using live video chats in combination with an online exercise app, Blue Marble. We will recruit seniors who are participants of the Alpena Otago Telehealth Program to allow the study team to analyze their outcomes. The goal of the study is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of a 6-month, home-based, Otago Telehealth program for seniors in Alpena.

Conditions

• Geriatrics
• Exercise
• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Alpena Otago Telehealth Program	A physical therapist will use video visits to evaluate the participants and provide exercise instructions from Week 1 to Week 4. Each participant will use the Blue Marble Health in Motion app from a mobile tablet to complete the exercise guided by an avatar at their own pace after receiving the exercise instructions from the physical therapist. Participants are encouraged to exercise three days a week and 30 minutes each day using the app for 6 months. The exercise protocol based on the evidence-based Otago program includes warm up, strengthening, and balance exercise. 3.5. Research Study Design and Data Analyses:

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-04
• Completion: 2021-12-04
• First posted: 2020-12-11
• Last updated: 2022-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States