Innovative Training Methods for Frail Elderly in the Training Gain Stage

Summary

This study aims to examine long term effects in the training gain stage of the falls management exercise programs (FaME, from Skelton and Dinan) over 10 weeks on physical functional performance after mechanical SR-WBV, dance therapy and strength training intervention in a frail elderly population.

Conditions

• Poor Performance Status

Interventions

DEVICE

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training program over 10 weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.

DEVICE

Exergame

training program over 10 weeks, three times a week.

DEVICE

Leg press

training program over 10 weeks, three times a week.

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 WGS

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

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

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

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

• Baur Heiner, PhD · Bern University of Applied Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-10-31

Primary Completion

2015-04-30

Completion

2015-04-30

Countries

• Switzerland

Study Locations