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Whole Body Vibration Exercise for Elderly With Cognitive Impairments

NCT01734083 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2012-11-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in mobility, muscle strength, balance, balance confidence, and cognitive function with a lower fall rate than the control group.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Whole body vibration exercise

The whole body vibration will be delivered by a platform that can generate vibration signals (Powerplate). The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration bouts (30-45 seconds per bout) will be interspersed with a 1 to 2 minutes of rest period. While standing on the vibration platform, subjects will be instructed to repeat two exercises: (1) static semi-squats, and (2) dynamic semi-squats.

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional exercise

The conventional exercise training will involve a combination of upper limb and lower limb stretching and strengthening exercises, balance training, and gait re-education.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marco Pang, PhD · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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