Effects of Action Observation Training and Exercises Over 65 Years Old

Summary

With aging, the decrease in muscle strength in the musculoskeletal system , body biomechanics and posture changes and the risk of falling increase. The greatest danger of falling in this population is risky and the other danger is that it causes fractures, creates physical and psychological trauma, and increases the need for long-term care and health services. Increasing exercise efficiency for balance and preventing falls are extremely important for physical and cognitive health.

İn recent years ,the''Action Observation''approach has been used as an added method to treatments to increase the effectiveness of exercise.Action observation ; it is a cognitive training that triggers motor learning by observing the desired activity and positively affects learning.

The aim of the study : To investigate the effects of exercises on balance and fall risk together with action observation in individuals over 65 years of age . The researchers planned to combine action observation and traditional balance exercises as a group training and compare them with the control group .

The hypothesis of the research is that action observation(AO) will be more useful in maintaining balance and preventing the risk of falling.

Materials and methods of the research:Participants will consist of volunteers over 65 years of age(65-80 years old ). 60 participants to be selected randomly. The participants will be randomly assigned 2 groups.

Experimental group :( 30 participants ) Action observation+ exercise combination Control group :( 30 participants ) will only exercise Study protocol:The randomized experimental and control group will study 3 days per week for a total of 8 weeks .Exercises difficulty;Borg Scale(0-10):It will be modarate.

Evaluation:All evaluations will be made as a Pre-test/Post-test. The detailed descriptions and characteristics of the participants will be summarized at baseline and after 8 weeks, and the differences between groups, intergroup differences will be statistically evaluated.

Conditions

• Fall Prevention
• Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Action observation

Action observation group: The participants will first watch the conventional balance exercises with the action observation method on video for 15 minutes.After watching of conventional balance exercise for 45 minutes in 5-10 repetitions.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise group

Exercise group is the control group.TheParticipants will only do the conventional balance exercise without action observation for 45 minutes in 5-10 repetitions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Bağdat TEKKUŞ, 1 · Istanbul MEDİPOL University ,İnstitute of Health Sciences Kavacık Campus-İstanbul TURKEY

• Fatma MUTLUAY, 2 · Istanbul MEDİPOL University Faculty of Health Sciences Professor

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-12-12

Primary Completion

2021-04-01

Completion

2021-05-31

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations