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Aquatic Exercise and Reactive Balance

NCT05107817 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2025-04-08

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Summary

The present clinical trial aims to identify if skills acquired during aquatic exercise are more effectively transferred to a reactive balance task than land exercise. This study is designed as a double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial. Forty-four older adults aged 60 years or above who meet the eligibility criteria will be recruited and randomized into an aquatic exercise group or land exercise group. Each group will participate in the same balance training exercise during a single session that includes a ball throwing and catching task. A modified lean-and-release test will be implemented on land immediately before, after, and one week after the training session. The outcomes will include reaction time, rapid response accuracy, and mini-BESTest scores obtained from stepping and grasping reactions.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Aged
  • Accidental Falls
  • Postural Balance
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Therapy

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise intervention

A ball catching and throwing exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eadric Bressel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eadric Bressel · Utah State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-31
Primary Completion
2027-09-30
Completion
2027-09-30

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