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Effect of Nervous System Mobilization on Older Adults' Postural Control

NCT03493373 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2019-03-26

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Summary

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of nervous system mobilization and exercise with exercise only on institutionalized older adults' postural control.

Conditions

  • Older Adults

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

The exercise program will consist of: 1) warm up - consisting of stretches of large muscle groups of the upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk and by general mobility exercises; 2) strength training of moderate intensity; 3) balance training; 4) Cooling - will consist of performing overall stretching combined with deep breathing.

OTHER

Neural mobilization

Neural gliding mobilization will target mainly the lower limb nerves and will be performed in series of 10 repetitions with 1 minute interval between series.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aveiro University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-15
Primary Completion
2018-12-15
Completion
2018-12-21

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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