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Yoga's Effect on Fall Risk Factors in the Rural, Older Adult Population; an Academic/Community Partnership

NCT02443038 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2016-10-27

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Summary

This is a 2 year pilot/feasibility project to develop an intervention, test research methods, and evaluate the effects of yoga on core strength and balance of an older rural population in an effort to ultimately reduce the frequency of falls. The investigators' goal for this project is for community and academic partners to develop a yoga program that is feasible, safe, and acceptable to an older adult population, then test the program, research methods and evaluation, in preparation for conducting a larger randomized trial of the intervention.

Conditions

  • Patient Fall

Interventions

OTHER

Yoga

16 bi-weekly 50-60 minute yoga classes, followed by daily, 10 minute home exercise poses and 5 minute relaxation, the control group will practice 5 minutes relaxation, each day between classes. The first of 3 classes is the 8-10 member advisory board, the second and third classes with 10-15 participants in each workshop will be held in other counties. There will be 2-3 months between the first set of classes and second and third set of classes to refine methods and conduct enrollment and testing for the subsequent groups.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Irene Hamrick, MD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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