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Effects of a Program of Physical Exercise and Electrotherapy on Muscle Strength in Subjects of the Fourth Age

NCT01086592 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 118

Last updated 2010-07-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Muscle Strength
  • Postural Balance
  • Body Mass Index

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention

Daily life activities

OTHER

Strong progressive strengthening exercises of lower limbs

Lower limb weight

OTHER

Electrotherapy

Neuromuscular Electrical Nerve Stimulation

OTHER

Electrotherapy+weights

Superimposed Neuromuscular Electric Nerve Stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cardenal Herrera University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Javier Romero, Dean · Facultad Ciencias Salud CEU-UCH

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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