Older People Gait: Physiomechanics and Functionality

NCT04348539 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: GaitOlderpeople
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of study is to investigate gait in active elderly people regarding the kinematic parameters of gait, indicators of physical fitness and quality of life.

Conditions

Old Age; Debility

Keywords

Locomotion; Aging; Training; Physical Fitness; Gait; Quality of life; Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Dynamic Balance

  Dynamic balance: Timed Get Up and Go test (distance of 3 meters), which give the time (seconds) that the individual takes to complete the path of the test as fast as possible (without running).

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Strength

  Lower limb strength: Test to get up and sit on the chair. The individual sits on the chair, with his arms crossed over his chest and at the signal starts the repetitions of getting up and sitting down for a total of 30 seconds. The number of repetitions the subject is able to perform is added.

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Cardiorespiratory endurance

  cardiorespiratory endurance: 6-minute test. The individual will walk in a 30 meters course for 6 minutes as fast as he can, without running, resulting in the distance covered in that interval.

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Static balance

  Static balance: force platform by means of the displacement rate of the centre of mass in the anteroposterior (Fx), medium-lateral (Fy) and vertical (Fz) axes. The older people must climb on the platform and unite their feet, keeping their gaze in a fixed linear point, the test will last for 30 seconds, it will be registered with the eyes open and closed

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (14)

• Locomotor Rehabilitation Index

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Self-selected walking speed

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Anthropometric data - Body mass

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Depressive symptoms

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Health-related quality of life: Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short Form Health Survey

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

Other Outcomes (3)

• Sociodemographic characteristics

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Cognitive function

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

• Lower limb flexibility

  Change from baseline at 16 weeks

Study Arms (4)

Balance training

EXPERIMENTAL

The balance training consists of 3 moments: warm up, main and stretch. Warm-up with mobility exercises for major joints and large muscle groups. The main part will have eight exercise stations divided into: a) five balance exercises (dynamic and static with or without object balance) on a varied floor, b) three agility exercises, and a stretching of the worked muscle groups and a final relaxation.

Other: Balance training

Strength training

EXPERIMENTAL

Muscle strength training will consist of 3 moments: warm up, main and stretch. Warm up with mobility exercises for the main joints and large muscle groups. The main part will include strength exercises with lower and upper limbs with two sets of 6-12 repetitions according to periodization, and a stretching of the muscle groups worked

Other: Balance training

Cardiorespiratory endurance training

EXPERIMENTAL

The older people walking training consists of 3 moments: warm up, main and stretch. They will do a brief free walking warm-up for 3 minutes in the Self-selected walking speed, then walk according to the training cycle, and then a stretching of the main muscle groups. Will be held, twice a week for 45 minutes each session. The training intensity will follow 60-110% of the volume of the 6-minute Test (6MWT) and the Borg Scale at moderate to difficult intervals. the training

Other: Balance training

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

control group: who will receive educational lectures on health, walking and aging.

Interventions

Balance training OTHER

32 sessions will be held twice a week, with each session taking an average of 45 minutes

Also known as: Strength training, Cardiorespiratory endurance training

Balance training; Cardiorespiratory endurance training; Strength training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 95 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• volunteers
• aged over 60 years
• both sexes
• not performing regular physical activity with professional monitoring

You may not qualify if:

• not participate in all stages of the evaluation
• severe heart diseases, uncontrolled hypertension, myocardial infarction within a period of less than one year, being a pacemaker;
• stroke or other associated neurological diseases; insanity;
• prostheses in the lower limbs;
• without ambulation conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: lead

Study Sites (1)

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90690200, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (1)

• GONÇALVES, A. K.; et al. Postural balance program: variables related to falls in elderly. Journal of Physical Education, v. 28, 2017

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Interventions

Resistance Training

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD

  Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD

CONTACT

+555133085818; leonardo.tartaruga@ufrgs.br

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2020
• First Posted: April 16, 2020
• Study Start: May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2021
• Study Completion: March 1, 2022
• Last Updated: April 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)