Effect of Water-Exercise on Balance Function of Healthy Elderly Individuals

NCT00708136 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: sor404605ctilISRCTN4046
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 37
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The proposed project is a Randomized Controlled study design. Seniors (age \>65) willing to participate in the study will be shortly interviewed to assess eligibility according to the inclusion-exclusion criteria. The first 60 subjects who upon questioning were judged to meet the following inclusion criteria:

1. 1.able to stand independently 90 seconds
2. 2.able to walk 10 meters (with cane if necessary)
3. 3.able to understand verbal instructions.
4. 4.Serious visual impairment
5. 5.Inability to ambulate independently (cane acceptable, walker not).
6. 6.Severely impaired cognitive status (score less then 24 in Mini Mental State Examination).
7. 7.Persons with impaired communication capabilities.
8. 8.Medical background variables.
9. 9.Berg Balance Scale.
10. 10.Late life Function and Disability Instrument.
11. 11.Get up and go test - stand up and walk 3 meters turn around and walk back to the chair.
12. 12.Fall Efficacy Scale
13. 13.Fall incidence and fall severity.
14. 14.6-minute walk test. The control group will not perform any specific balance training during the 12 week period.

Conditions

Stability; Balance

Keywords

Falls; elderly; Balance; speed of stepping; Stability; ELDERLY FALLERS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Berg Balance Scale

  before and 3 months after Training

• Late life Function and Disability Instrument

  before and after the training

• Get up and go test

  before and after 3 month of training

• Step execution test under single and dual task

  before and 3 months after Training

• Stability tests

  before and 3 months after Training

Interventions

water based training program to improve balance BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• able to stand independently 90 seconds;
• able to walk 10 meters (with cane if necessary);
• able to understand verbal instructions.

You may not qualify if:

• Serious visual impairment;
• Inability to ambulate independently (cane acceptable, walker not).
• Severely impaired cognitive status (score less then 24 in Mini Mental State Examination).
• Persons with impaired communication capabilities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Soroka University Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

SorokaUMC

Beersheba, 84105, Israel

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Melzer I, Elbar O, Tsedek I, Oddsson LIe. A water-based training program that include perturbation exercises to improve stepping responses in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled cross-over trial. BMC Geriatr. 2008 Aug 17;8:19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-19.

  PMID: 18706103 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Itshak Melzer, PhD

  Ben-gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• dagan Shvartz, MD

  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2008
• First Posted: July 2, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2007
• Study Completion: June 1, 2007
• Last Updated: July 2, 2008

Record last verified: 2005-11

Locations

IL (1)