NCT05494879

Effectiveness of Microkinesitherapy in Seniors

Evaluation of the Effect of Microkinesitherapy Treatment on Psychosomatic Functions in Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Opole University of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Many specialists stress that the aging process is individual, its course, severity and occurrence of disease are not the same for all seniors. The studies indicate that SA should be conceptualized as a process, using developmental trajectories of functioning as component parts, and can take several forms. The nature of "successful" trajectories varied from a limited decline over time (e.g., cognitive and physical functioning), stability over time (e.g., self-perceived health) to recovery (from social loneliness) and growth (in life satisfaction and emotional support provided). Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed description

new therapeutic methods are being proposed that can be used in the community to steer the aging process toward "healthy aging." An example of a holistic approach to the patient can be found in microkinesitherapy. The focus of microkinesitherapy is to find and restore areas of the body that have lost their vitality and mobility, using gentle touches on various body tissues using specific body maps. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults. It was decided to evaluate the impact of a single therapy session on a range of psycho-somatic indicators. The hypotheses were as follows: (H1) The microkinesitherapy intervention will improve the physical function assessed using the Senior Fitness Test, (H2) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will not affect gait performance, (H3) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will improve the quality of life of the participants.

Conditions

• Microkinesitherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	microkinesitherapy treatment	The therapeutic session of microkinesitherapy included a seeking of "body scares" both taking into account somatic dysfunctions as well as psychosomatic disorders. According to the creators of the method, Grosjean and Benini "Everything that happens with us in a toxic level, either physically or emotionally, are stored by the brain which keeps memories and generates links that may harm the function of the cells generating a vast array of symptoms and dysfunctions".

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-17
• Primary completion: 2022-08-30
• Completion: 2023-07-18
• First posted: 2022-08-10
• Last updated: 2022-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland