Innovative Training Program for Elderly in Need of Care

Cognition - Other Clinical Trial

Official title:

Skilling-up Exercise for Elderly in Need of Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02332083
• Other study ID #: MSc-study (Horgen)
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled study was to examine the effects of a 8 weeks innovative training regime (stochastic resonance whole-body vibration [SR-WBV] and virtual virtual games [VG]) in the skilling up phase on physical performance, cognition and falls in elderly in need of care population.

Description:

Sensorimotor and strength exercise are methods to increase strength & power in the field of geriatrics. The question that arise what exercises are best suited to and most effective for elderly in need of care individuals. Such populations are advised first to enter a "skilling up program" before more traditional forms of training exercises are implemented.

Goals in the skilling up phase: improvement in neuromuscular control, postural control and strengthening of large muscle groups of the lower extremity.

The aim of the study in the skilling up phase:

Study the effect on physical performance Study the effects on muscle strength. Study the effects on cognition. The participants will be recruited in Canton Zurich, Swizerland and will be randomly allocated to an intervention group or sham group

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 17
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) >0

• live in canton Zurich

• in terms of training load be resistant.

Exclusion Criteria:

• acut joint disease, acut thrombosis, acute fractures, acute infections, acute tissue damage, or acute

• surgical scars

• seniors with prosthesis.

• alcoholic

• acute joint disease, activated osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute lower limb

• acute inflammation or infection tumors

• fresh surgical wounds

• severe migraine

• epilepsy acute severe pain

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognition - Other
• Poor Performance Status

Intervention

Device:
• SR-WBV
Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.
• Exergame
Participants will undergo a training program set from week 5 to 8, three times a week over 20 minutes.

Other:
• SR-WBV
Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1

Device:
• Aktiv Tramp
Participants will undergo a training program set from the 5 to 8 week, three times a week over 4 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Bern University of Applied Science, Department Health	Bern

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bern University of Applied Sciences	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Short physical performance battery (SPBB)	The SPBB examines 3 areas of lower extremity function: standing balance (semi-tandem stand, side-by-side stand, full tandem stand), usual walking speed and ability to stand from a chair. These areas represent essential tasks important for independent living.	8 weeks
Secondary	Cognition	The trail-making test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. The task requires a subject to 'connect-the-dots' of 25 consecutive targets on a sheet of paper. Two versions are available: A, in which the targets are all numbers (1,2,3, etc.), and B, in which the subject alternates between numbers and letters (1, A, 2, B, etc.). The goal of the subject is to finish the test as quickly as possible, and the time taken to complete the test is used as the primary performance metric.	8 weeks
Secondary	The falls efficacy scale-international (FES-I)	The shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international (FES-I): assess fear of falling.	8 weeks