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Whole Body Vibration Exercise Training for Institutionalized Elderly

NCT01735682 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2014-05-30

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Summary

It is hypothesized that whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in physical functioning and reduction in fall incidence among institutionalized elderly, compared with conventional exercise group and control group.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

Whole body vibration

The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30-40 Hz and 1mm, respectively. The total exposure to the vibration stimulation is 4 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional exercise

The conventional exercise training involves upper limb and lower limb strengthening exercises using sandbags.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

The control treatment involves exercises of the upper limbs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shatin Hospital

    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
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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