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Effects of a Music-Based Multitask Exercises Program on Gait, Balance and Fall Risk in the Elderly

NCT01107288 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 134

Last updated 2014-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a 6-month music-based multitask exercises program (Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics) in improving gait and balance, and reducing fall risk in community-dwelling older adults with an increased risk of falling.

Conditions

  • Gait
  • Balance
  • Falls

Interventions

OTHER

Music-based multitask exercises program

Subjects are entered into a 6-month Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics program and are followed for an additional 6 months after the intervention period. They complete assessments at baseline, 6 and 12 months. The program consists of structured 1-hour group exercises classes, conducted weekly by an experimented instructor, that include varied multitask exercises performed to the rhythm of improvised piano music, sometimes with the manipulation of objects (e.g., instruments of percussion, balls), with gradually increasing difficulty over time. Basic exercises consist of walking following the music, responding directly to changes in music's rhythmic patterns.

OTHER

Music-based multitask exercises program

Subjects are wait-listed to receive, 6 months after randomization, the same 6-month Jaques-Dalcroze eurhythmics program as the Intervention group. They complete assessments at baseline, 6 and 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Jaques-Dalcroze Institute, Geneva, Switzerland

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea Trombetti, MD · Bone Diseases Service, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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