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Exercise Program for Deaf Seniors to Increase Their Balance and Fitness

NCT06912607 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Deaf older adults 60 years and older are enrolled into an 8-week exercise program delivered in American Sign Language. The class meets twice a week, with handout and video homework.

Outcome measures are self-reported balance confidence, lower extremity strength, walking and agility, and standing balance. In addition, attendance and keeping up with exercises at home will be tracked.

Conditions

  • Deaf
  • Fall
  • American Sign Language
  • Old Age

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Balance in Motion Exercise class

8 weeks of 2 meetings/wk exercise class, with a once weekly homework exercise, delivered entirely in ASL

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Gallaudet University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chizuko Tamaki, AuD, PhD · Gallaudet University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-05
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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