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Exercise to Improve Balance in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment - a Proof-of-concept Study

NCT04283279 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-02-25

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Summary

Hearing impairment is common in older adults, and recent research points to associations between hearing impairment and balance/mobility. The association may be due to more attentional resources being used to compensate for the sensory loss, with less resources available for maintaining balance. The aim of this projects is therefore to investigate whether an exercise program with focus on motor-cognitive tasks is feasible for older adults with hearing impairment. The study is meant as a proof-of-concept study, where trialling will be evaluated, and results will be used to inform the design of a larger and adequately powered study.

Conditions

  • Hearing Loss
  • Gait, Unsteady
  • Balance; Distorted
  • Old Age; Debility

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual reality exercise

Participants will do exercises in a virtual environment, solving tasks that require cognitive efforts and motor/balance efforts. The virtual environment/tasks will be delivered through a head-mounted display ("goggles"). Difficulty will progress from standing/sitting, to walking on a treadmill. The environments that will be used will be both over-the-counter environments, as well as in-house designed environments.

OTHER

Vestibular rehabilitation exercise

Vestibular rehabilitation exercises focus on head and eyes movements, as well as whole-body movements. The aim is to facilitate the use of other sensory organs than the vestibular organs, which will also be relevant to persons who are not receiving sufficient sensory information from the auditory system. The exercises will progress as tolerated, under careful supervision of trained therapists.

OTHER

Control

Participants will not be randomised to either of the exercise interventions, but will be adviced to stay active

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Haukeland University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Dublin, Trinity College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2022-09-01

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