Innovative Training Program for Elderly in Need of Care

NCT02332083 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MSc-study (Horgen)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 17
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled study was to examine the effects of a 8 weeks innovative training regime (stochastic resonance whole-body vibration \[SR-WBV\] and virtual virtual games \[VG\]) in the skilling up phase on physical performance, cognition and falls in elderly in need of care population.

Conditions

Poor Performance Status; Cognition - Other

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Short physical performance battery (SPBB)

  The SPBB examines 3 areas of lower extremity function: standing balance (semi-tandem stand, side-by-side stand, full tandem stand), usual walking speed and ability to stand from a chair. These areas represent essential tasks important for independent living.

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Cognition

  8 weeks

• The falls efficacy scale-international (FES-I)

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

T0 - intervention over 4 weeks with stochastic resonance whole-body vibration (SR-WBV) (start with 3 up to 6 Hz, noise 4) T1 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV (start with 3 up to 6Hz, noise 4 \& Exergame) - T2

Device: SR-WBV; Device: Exergame

Sham Comparator

SHAM COMPARATOR

T0 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV 1 Hz, noise 1) - T1 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV 1 Hz, noise 1 \& Aktiv Tramp) - T2

Other: SR-WBV; Device: Aktiv Tramp

Interventions

SR-WBV DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.

Also known as: SRT Zeptor® med

Intervention group

Exergame DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set from week 5 to 8, three times a week over 20 minutes.

Also known as: Virtual game board

Intervention group

Aktiv Tramp DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set from the 5 to 8 week, three times a week over 4 minutes.

Also known as: Trampoline

Sham Comparator

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 Zurich
• 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 lower limb
• acute inflammation or infection tumors
• fresh surgical wounds
• severe migraine
• epilepsy acute severe pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bern University of Applied Sciences: lead
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Bern University of Applied Science, Department Health

Bern, 3008, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Heiner Baur, PD PhD

  BUAS

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Eling de Bruin, PD PhD

  ETHZ

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 4, 2015
• First Posted: January 6, 2015
• Study Start: August 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2015
• Study Completion: March 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 11, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Locations

CH (1)