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Effects of Physical Exercise, Virtual Reality and Brain Exercise on Balance of the Elderly

NCT03118414 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2017-04-18

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Summary

The objectives of this study were to 1) compare balance of the elderly by Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) among physical exercise, virtual reality, brain exercise and control groups after intervention, 2) compare cognitive function of the elderly by using Timed Up and Go Cognitive (TUGC) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) among physical exercise, virtual reality, brain exercise and control groups after intervention, 3) compare muscle strength of elderly by 5 Times Sit-To-Stand Test (5TSTST) and Hand Grip Strength (HG) among physical exercise, virtual reality, brain exercise and control groups after intervention, 4) compare fear of falling by using Fall Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) among physical exercise, virtual reality, brain exercise and control groups after intervention, 5)investigate the perspective of exercise among physical exercise, virtual reality, brain exercise and control groups after intervention.

Conditions

  • Elderly

Interventions

OTHER

Physical Exercise

Participants were trained by exercise program based on their initial muscle strength and balance condition. They received a 30-minute exercise for 3sessions per week for 8 weeks in this study.

OTHER

Virtual Reality

Participants were trained with the guidance of VR system.The participants will be asked to choose 6 games from the list before each 30-minute session, and were asked to choose the games to include the upper limbs, lower limbs, and also for both strength and balance challenges instead of choosing the games that need to use only upper limbs or lower limbs, and only for strength or balance gain. They received a 30-minute exercise for 3sessions per week for 8 weeks in this study.

OTHER

Brain Exercise

Brain Exercise (BE) BE stimulates the executive function, planning, concentration, visual memory and eye-hand co-ordination of the participants throughout the training.For the brain exercise, participants needed to play cognitive stimulating games; Chinese Checker, Janga and Memory Matched pair game; in the sitting position. The participants needed to paly 10 minutes for each gamed and total duration of all 3 games was about 30 minutes in each session for 3sessions per week for 8 weeks in this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mahidol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thwe Zar Chi Htut, PhDcandidate · Mahidol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-10
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

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