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Dual Task Training for Balance in Older Adults

NCT04577092 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2020-10-06

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Summary

Dual task training (DTT) have been showed that have satisfying effects on older adults. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of motor-cognitive DTT (mCdtt) and motor-motor DTT (mMdtt) on balance, fear of falling, walking functionality and muscle strength in older adults. The participants were divided into two groups; who received mCdtt (Group 1) and who received mMdtt (Group 2). The intervention program had lasted for 8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Geriatrics

Interventions

OTHER

Warm-up exercise

In 10-minute warm up period; neck flexion/extension/side flexion/circumflexion (clockwise and counterclockwise), rounding shoulder back and forth, circumflexion of arm back and forth, side flexion of trunk and rising on the fingertips.

OTHER

Motor-Cognitive exercise

After warm up period; participants had been asked to count back from the two-digit number while performing; in standing position, straight walk, side walk, abduction/flexion/extension of hip and hip and knee flexion; in sitting position, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle dorsi - plantar flexion.

OTHER

Motor-Motor exercise

participants had been asked to hold with both hand half-filled glasses with 90 degree of flexion elbow and near the trunk while performing; in standing position, straight walk, side walk, abduction/flexion/extension of hip and hip and knee flexion; in sitting position, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle dorsi - plantar flexion.

OTHER

Cool-down exercise

In 10-minute cool down period, stretching of quadriceps femoris muscle, hamstring muscle, achill tendon and cervical muscles were performed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hanifegul Taskiran, PT, Prof · Istanbul Aydın University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-02-12
Completion
2018-03-18

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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