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Evaluation of Strong & Steady - Fall Preventive Group Exercise Program

NCT04127539 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2022-04-04

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Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of Strong and Steady (S\&S) group exercise on fall risk and physical function among community-dwelling older adults over 12 months. A pre-post test study deign will be used.

Conditions

  • Aged

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Strong & Steady exercise program

The community-based group exercise program S\&S, with strengthening and balance exercise as the main components. The participants will attend a once-weekly, one hour supervised session. The exercises that will be used can be found in the S\&S handbook which includes different difficulty levels. All instructors are volunteers and have completed the S\&S education. Each exercise session will consist of a warm-up (5-8 min.), endurance exercises (10-15 min.), strength exercises (15 min.), balance exercises (20 min.) and a cool down/stretching (5 min.). In addition to attending the group exercises, the participants will be taught and encouraged to do home exercises twice a week from hand out leaflets that can be found at www.sterkogstodig.no.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Glasgow Caledonian University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fysiofondet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jorunn L Helbostad, PhD/Prof · The Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-14
Primary Completion
2021-12-20
Completion
2021-12-20

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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