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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

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALOtago Exercise TrainingA 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.
BEHAVIORALSquare Stepping Exercise TrainingA 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.