NCT05781776

Otago Exercise Program And Gaze Stability Exercise In Older Adults

Comparison of Effects of Otago Exercise Program vs. Gaze Stability Exercise on Balance and Fear of Fall in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: King Saud University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Fall occurrences and the associated risk of injury are debilitating and major health concerns in the older population. Several interventions have been investigated and implemented to address the needs of balance impairments and to reduce the increased risk of falls. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the Otago exercise program (OEP) and gaze stability exercises (GSE) on balance and the risk of falls in older adults residing at an old age home facility. 30 elderly participants were equally and randomly divided into two groups: Group OEP received the OEP and group GSE received GSE for eight weeks (thrice a week). In addition, both groups also performed core muscle-strengthening exercises. The Berg balance scale (BBS) and the Fall efficacy scale-International (FES-I) were the outcome measures.

Conditions

• Balance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Otago exercises and core strengthening	Otago exercise program consisted of strengthening and balance exercises. The strengthening exercises focus on major lower limb muscles. Progression of exercises was done by increasing the duration and then intensity. Balance exercises involved knee bends, backward walking, walking, and turning around, sideways walking, tandem stance (heel to toe), tandem walk (heal to toe walk), one leg stand, heel walking, toe walk, heel to toe walking backward, sit to stand and stair walking. Balance exercises progressed with varying levels of support depending on their balance and confidence. The individuals repeated each exercise 10 times.
OTHER	Gaze stability exercises and core strengthening	The exercise protocol in Gaze Stability exercises included adaptation exercises and substitution exercises. In adaptation exercises, individuals performed rapid, active head rotations while watched a visual target with the target remaining stationary. Substitution exercises, individual performed eye-head movements between targets with the goal of seeing clearly during the task. That target moved in the opposite direction of head movement. Adaptation exercises included: Horizontal and vertical (stationary target) viewing exercises done with a near target, sitting. Horizontal and vertical (stationary target) viewing exercises done with near and far targets (6-10 feet), sitting. Horizontal and vertical (stationary target) viewing exercises were done with near and far targets, standing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-01
• Primary completion: 2021-02-10
• Completion: 2021-06-21
• First posted: 2023-03-23
• Last updated: 2023-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia