Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05210296 |
Other study ID # |
YALOVAÜNIVERSITESI-FAHRI.K-077 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
June 15, 2021 |
Est. completion date |
October 27, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
October 2022 |
Source |
University of Yalova |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of lower extremity strengthening exercises
versus trunk strengthening exercises on balance, walking, fall risk and quality of life in
elderly individuals. In our study, the participants will be divided into 3 groups consisting
of trunk strengthening exercises, lower extremity strengthening exercises and control
groups.Body strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening exercises group will be
included in the exercise program for a total of 40 minutes each session, 3 sessions a week,
for a total of 8 weeks. The exercises will be shown and applied by the research
physiotherapist in groups of 2-3 to the participants of both groups. No exercise program will
be applied to the control group, and appropriate exercise training will be given after the
final evaluation.
Description:
Those aged 65 and over, residing in Yalova and agreeing to be included in the study, will be
included in the study. Volunteers who will participate in the study will be informed about
the purpose of the study, its duration, and possible side effects of the treatment to be
applied. Their consent will be obtained with an "Informed Consent Form" prepared in
accordance with the standards determined by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of
Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, and the study will be carried out in
accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. In our study, the participants will be divided
into 3 groups consisting of trunk strengthening exercises, lower extremity strengthening
exercises and control groups.
Body strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening exercises group will be
included in the exercise program for a total of 40 minutes each session, 3 sessions a week,
for a total of 8 weeks. The exercises will be shown and applied by the research
physiotherapist in groups of 2-3 to the participants of both groups. No exercise program will
be applied to the control group, and appropriate exercise training will be given after the
final evaluation.
Evaluation scales will be administered to the participants at the beginning of the study and
8 weeks later.
Body weight, own weight of the extremity and elastic exercise band will be used in
strengthening exercises in trunk strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening
exercises groups.
The weight of the extremity itself, or the number of repetitions in exercises using body
weight, will be determined at the initial assessment according to the patient's exercise
tolerance for each exercise. For each exercise, the exercise program will be started with the
number of repetitions perceived by the participant according to the Modified Borg Scale
(MBS), the number of repetitions will be increased, the program will be continued with the
number of repetitions, the perceived fatigue severity will be between 4-7, by increasing the
number of repetitions weekly. will be.
Appropriate band selection for the exercises to be used with an elastic exercise band will be
determined according to the participant's tolerance and muscle strength. Participants will be
asked to do the exercise for 15 repetitions with the lowest level of exercise band first, and
then the perceived fatigue severity will be questioned by MBS. If the exercise intensity
perceived by the participant is between 4 and 7, it will be determined as the correct band.
If the participant's perceived severity is lower, the process with the next higher band will
be repeated until the correct band is found for the patient. The same process will be applied
for the tape to be used in the strengthening training of each region.
Elastic band exercises will be started with 8 repetitions, and the intensity of exercise will
be questioned by increasing the number of repetitions by 2 in the first exercise session each
week. If the perception of exercise intensity has increased, the number of repetitions will
be kept the same, if the exercise intensity does not increase, the number of repetitions will
be continued as 10, the next week after the exercise as 12 repetitions, the color of the
exercise band will be changed and the exercise intensity will be evaluated by switching to
the next band, and if the exercise intensity is appropriate, the previous band will be
evaluated.