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Effects of Balance Training on Fall Risk and Mobility in the Elderly

NCT03656458 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2018-09-04

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Summary

Pakistan is a country devoid of health-care facilities and training programs on fall prevention. There is lack of research, awareness and implication of geriatric rehabilitation on elderly population addressing balance and fall risk assessment however very few cross-sectional studies of poor quality evidence are available on this issue. To best of investigators' knowledge, no interventional studies have been conducted in our country so far on this topic. . We aim to use a integrated method of balance training that uses patients judgment, visual feedback, proprioception and balance training with the help of new technology/devices to improve balance. And compare it to conventional treatment. We also aim to assess risk factors of fall in geriatric population, decreasing risks of falls and increasing awareness regarding geriatric rehabilitation and balance training.

Conditions

  • Fall

Interventions

OTHER

Warm Up

10 low jumps 5 Illiopoase Stretches 5 L/L Abductor Stretches 10 Trunk rotations 10 Should Circumduction Clock wise/Counter clockwise 10 Cervical Rotations Clockwise/Counter Clockwise

OTHER

Conventional Balance Training

Internal Protuberances: 1. Looking up/Looking down/looking over the shoulder (Rt. /Lt.) 10 Reps Each 2. Looking behind over the shoulder (Rt. /Lt.)10 Reps 3. Looking Up with overhead Upper Limb Flexion. 5 Reps 4. Reaching out of Base of support (Rt. /Lt. / midline Cross) 10 Reps Each 5. Side to Side weight Shifting 10 Reps 6. Standing on toes/Heels 10 Reps each External Protuberance: 1. Tuck forward/ Backward/ Sideways(Rt. /Lt.) 10 reps Each 2. Bosu Ball Training

OTHER

Biodex Balance Training

Biodex Balance Training Using Biodex Balance System SD

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Foundation University Islamabad

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Furqan Ahmed Siddiqi, BSPT, PP-DPT, PhD · Foundation University Islamabad

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-02-15
Completion
2017-02-15

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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