Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT06390813
Otago Exercises, Square Stepping Exercises, Elderly, Fear of Falling
Comparison of Square Stepping Exercise Training and Otago Exercise Training in Geriatric Individuals in Terms of Balance and Fear of Falling:Randomized Controlled Studie
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 105 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study was conducted to investigate the effects of Otago Exercise Training and Square Stepping Exercise Training on balance and fear of falling in geriarthric individuals and the superiority of the two exercise training for these parameters. The volunteer individuals participating in the study were randomly divided into 3 groups as otago exercise group, square stepping exercise group and control group with equal number of men and women. The individuals who participated in study had a homogeneous distribution in terms of age, gender, BMI, height, weight and occupational status in all three groups. However, the number of female individuals was higher in all three groups. In the study, individuals in the exercise training groups received square stepping and otago exercise training 3 days a week for 6 weeks, while individuals in the control group did not receive any training. All three groups were evaluated before and six weeks after the training.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Otago Exercise Training | A total of 18 sessions of Otago Training were conducted 3 days a week for 6 weeks, each session lasting 60 minutes in total, including 5 minutes of warm-up and cool-down periods. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Square Stepping Exercise Training | A total of 18 sessions of SSE were performed 3 days a week for 6 weeks, each session lasting 40 minutes. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-01-11
- Primary completion
- 2023-10-30
- Completion
- 2023-11-18
- First posted
- 2024-04-30
- Last updated
- 2024-04-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06390813. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.