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Application of Whole-body Vibration With Stochastic Resonance in Frail Elderly: The Effects on Postural Control

NCT01543243 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2016-06-14

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Summary

This study aims to examine

1. the feasibility
2. immediately
3. long term effects on postural control and strength of mechanical SR-WBV intervention in a frail elderly population.

Conditions

  • Equilibration Disorder, Vestibular Nerve

Interventions

DEVICE

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A

Immediate effects (one minute after intervention): over 5 sets with 6 Hz, Noise 4 and than 1 Hz, Noise 1. Long term effect: over four weeks, three times a week with 6 Hz, Noise 4 and than over four weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1.

DEVICE

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration B

Immediate effects (one minute after intervention): over 5 sets with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than 6 Hz, Noise 4. Long term effect: over four weeks, three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than four weeks three times a week with 6 Hz, Noise 4.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Goethe University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bern University of Applied Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Slavko Rogan, MSc · Bern University of Applied Science, Department Health

  • Lorenz Radlinger, PhD · Bern University of Applied Science, Department Health

  • Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, PhD, Prof. · Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Sport Science

  • Rob de Bie, PhD, Prof. · University Maastricht, Department Epidemiology

  • Eling D de Bruin, PhD, Prof. · Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department Human Movement Science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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