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Assessing Balance Changes Following an Exercise Program Among Middle-Aged Adults

NCT03161236 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2019-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This graduate student research study has two purposes; the first purpose is to examine the criterion validity of the Y Balance Test (YBT) with the Limits of Stability Test (LOS) in healthy middle-aged adults. The second purpose is to examine balance changes using the YBT following a home-based exercise program.

Conditions

  • Balance Changes

Interventions

OTHER

home exercise program

Subjects in the exercise group will be instructed to follow the intervention protocol for eight weeks. The intervention consists of five exercises: standing on one foot, walking heel to toe, heel walking, side kicks, and wall squats. Each exercise will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.

OTHER

non exercise program

continue usual lifestyle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gurinder Bains, PhD · Loma Linda University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2019-06-01
Completion
2019-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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