Effects of Balance Training in Older Adults With Dementia

NCT02073318 | Completed Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: 201011010RB
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 19
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose -To investigate whether older adults with dementia who have balance and gait problems can improve their balance and gait function after an individualized 4-week tasks-oriented balance training with sensory manipulation. Hypothesis

• There is significant difference of Timed Up and Go Test, Berg Balance Scale, walking speed, 30-s chair-stand test, Chair sit-and-reach test and Barthel Index between dementia patients who received tasks-oriented balance training and those didn't receive after 4-weeks training and one month follow-up.

Conditions

Dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Timed Up and Go test

  Change from Baseline of Timed Up and Go test

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

• Berg Balance Scale

  Change from Baseline of Berg Balance Scale

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

• walking speed

  Change from Baseline of walking speed

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• 30-s chair-stand test

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

• chair sit-and-reach test

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

• Saint Louis University mental status examination

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

• Barthel index

  baseline, post-treatment, 1-month follow up

Study Arms (2)

Balance training

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Task-oriented balance training

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control group received 4 weeks upper extremities exercise in sitting position

Other: Upper extremities exercise

Interventions

Task-oriented balance training OTHER

4 weeks individualized task-oriented balance training, twice a week and 1 hour each session

Balance training

Upper extremities exercise OTHER

4 weeks upper extremities exercise in sitting position, twice a week and 1 hour each session weeks

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patient provides oral consent, and written consent obtains from next of kin
• Older than 65 years
• Diagnosis of dementia, based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) or The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10)
• Can follow order to complete the screening test(Timed Up and Go test)
• Has balance and gait problems
• Can standing independently with/without assistive device or can standing with minimal assistance

You may not qualify if:

• Newly developed cardiopulmonary disease and other exercise contraindications
• Other neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disease that might affect the outcome(ex. Recent stroke, fracture or orthopedic surgery)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Catholic Foundation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia St. Joseph Home for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia

Taipei, Taipei, 886-108-67, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Ming-Hsia Hu, Ph.D.

  School of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2011
• First Posted: February 27, 2014
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2011
• Study Completion: July 1, 2011
• Last Updated: February 27, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-02

Locations

TW (1)