Effects of Global Postural re-Education Program

NCT00736762 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 136/07
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The postural alterations present in the seniors people act as predisponent form of incapacities that provoke alterations in the quality of life. The objective of this study is to evaluate the biomechanical characteristics of the balance of elderly people, before and after treatment with Global Postural Re-education. This research is characterized by experimental method of investigation.Thirty elderly people (30 women) will be randomized to two different groups from Group of Studies of Third Age - GETI, at University of the State of Santa Catarina:

• fifteen elderly women will be submitted to the Global Postural Re-education (GPR) program and to the GETI program of activities
• fifteen elderly women will be submitted only to the GETI program of activities. At baseline the subjects will be screened for balance measurements with the chattecx balance system and Berg Scale. These measurements will be repeat immediately after the intervention. The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks. The independent t test for pairs of random samples will be used, with level of significance of p≤0,05.

Conditions

Healthy; Elderly

Keywords

Global postural re-education; Balance; Physical therapy; older people

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• center of pressure (cop)

  pre-treatment, five weeks and pos-treatment

Study Arms (1)

GPR

EXPERIMENTAL

Global postural re-education intervention

Other: GPR

Interventions

GPR OTHER

The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks.

GPR

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Senior that accomplish physical activity in the GETI (group of studies of the third age - Santa Catarina State University)

You may not qualify if:

• Visually impaired person
• Vestibular disorder
• Neurologic disorders
• Use of prostheses and ortheses
• Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of the State of Santa Catarina: lead

Study Sites (1)

Santa Catarina State University

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88080350, Brazil

Location

Study Officials

• Gilmar Santos, PhD

  Santa Catarina State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 15, 2008
• First Posted: August 18, 2008
• Study Start: February 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2008
• Study Completion: August 1, 2008
• Last Updated: August 18, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-08

Locations

BR (1)