Functional Training to Improve Everyday Performance in Elderlies

Knee Pain Chronic Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Use of a Functional Performace System for Elderlies to Improve Everyday Movements, Physical Strength and Balance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05551000
• Other study ID #: 438956
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 22, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Aalborg University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To investigate how elderlies (+65 years old) everyday movements, general strength and dynamic balance are affected after an 8-12-week training period using the "SSA Elderly Performance system" or "Strong and Steady".

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: December 22, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 22, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elderlies aged 65 to 75 years old.

• Have been participating and physical training for at least six months before the start of the intervention.

• The participants must be highly motivated for the project, which will be measured using the likard scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Illness or injury within the last three months.

• Do not have the ability to complete the test battery concerning set minimum criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain, Low
• Hip Pain Chronic
• Knee Pain Chronic
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Experimental, comparator and control
To quantify the effect of a training intervention for elderlies on improved range of motion, dynamic balance, gait speed, gait coordination, everyday movements and strength compared to a training group from the Norwegian elderly concept "Stærk og Stødig" and a control group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	SSA Steinkjer	Steinkjer

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aalborg University	The Research Council of Norway

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mobility test	Measure range of motion (Degrees)	Day 1
Primary	Mobility test	Measure range of motion (Degrees)	3 months
Primary	Y-Balance Test	Measure balance performance (Cm)	Day 1
Primary	Y-Balance Test	Measure balance performance (Cm)	3 months
Primary	Functional Strength Test	Measure the speed in performing everyday movements (Minutes)	Day 1
Primary	Functional Strength Test	Measure the speed in performing everyday movements (Minutes)	3 months
Primary	60 m Gait speed Test	Measure gait speed (Minutes and Km/h)	Day 1
Primary	60 m Gait speed Test	Measure gait speed (Minutes and Km/h)	3 months
Primary	Danish step test	Measure the ableness walking in stairs (Time and estimated Vo2max)	Day 1
Primary	Danish step test	Measure the ableness walking in stairs (Minuts and estimated Vo2max)	3 months
Primary	Gait coordination test	Measure the ableness to quick change of direction and locomotion skills (Minutes)	Day 1
Primary	Gait coordination test	Measure the ableness to quick change of direction and locomotion skills (Minutes)	3 months
Primary	Self-perceived functional ability	Measure the participant's self-perceived functional ability (Points)	Day 1
Primary	Self-perceived functional ability	Measure the participant's self-perceived functional ability (Points)	3 months
Secondary	Count number of falls	Count number of falls (Number)	Day 1
Secondary	Count number of falls	Count number of falls (Number)	3 months