Innovative Training Methods for Frail Elderly in the Training Gain Stage

NCT01713790 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Main study (PhD)- part II
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine long term effects in the training gain stage of the falls management exercise programs (FaME, from Skelton and Dinan) over 10 weeks on physical functional performance after mechanical SR-WBV, dance therapy and strength training intervention in a frail elderly population.

Conditions

Poor Performance Status

Keywords

physical functional performance; postural balance; reaction time; mobility; muscle strength; cognition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Short Physical Performance Battery (SPBB)

  The SPBB assess lower extremity function at baseline and after a 10-week interventions period.

  Change from baseline in SPBB at 10 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• dynamic body balance

  Change from baseline in dynamic body balance at 10 weeks.

• walking in single (ST) and dual task (DT) conditions

  Change from baseline during walking in ST and DT condition at 10 weeks.

• mobility

  Change from baseline in mobility at 10 weeks.

• knee extension maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)

  Change from baseline in knee extension MVC at 10 weeks.

• knee extension rate of force develompent (RFD)

  Change from baseline in knee extension RFD at 10 weeks.

Study Arms (1)

Training group

EXPERIMENTAL

T0 - Intervention program 3x/ week over 10 weeks: Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration + Exergame + leg press - T1

Device: Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration; Device: Exergame; Device: Leg press

Interventions

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration DEVICE

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training program over 10 weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.

Also known as: SRT Zeptor® med plus Noise (Swiss Frei AG, Switzerland)

Training group

Exergame DEVICE

training program over 10 weeks, three times a week.

Also known as: Virtual game board

Training group

Leg press DEVICE

training program over 10 weeks, three times a week.

Also known as: Swiss Frei AG, Switzerland

Training group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) \>0
• live in canton Bern
• in terms of training load be resistant.

You may not qualify if:

• acut joint disease, acut thrombosis, acute fractures, acute infections, acute tissue damage, or acute -- surgical scars
• seniors with prosthesis.
• alcoholic
• acute joint disease, activated osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
• acute inflammation or infection tumors
• fresh surgical wounds
• severe migraine
• epilepsy
• acute severe pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bern University of Applied Sciences: lead
• Goethe University: collaborator
• Maastricht University Medical Center: collaborator
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Slavko Rogan

Bern, Canton of Bern, 3008, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Slavko Rogan, MSc

  Bern University of Applied Science, Department WGS

  STUDY CHAIR

• Lorenz Radlinger, PhD

  Bern University of Applied Science, Department WGS

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, Prof., PhD

  Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Department Sport Science

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Rob de Bie, Prof., PhD

  University Maastricht, Department Epidemiology

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Eling D de Bruin, Prof., PhD

  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department Human Movement Science

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Baur Heiner, PhD

  Bern University of Applied Sciences

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 14, 2012
• First Posted: October 25, 2012
• Study Start: October 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2015
• Study Completion: April 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 23, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-07

Locations

CH (1)