Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance in the Elderly Population

Distorted; Balance Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Stochastic Resonance Therapy on Postural Control in the Elderly Population (Pilot Study)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01045746
• Other study ID #: PhD pilot study I
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 8, 2010
• Last updated: December 19, 2014
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to test whether in the elderly population there are acute long-term improvements in both the static and dynamic balance, reaction time and mobility with the use of WBV.

Description:

Exercise therapy plays an important role in health promotion, preservation of physical function and in preventing loss of independence among the elderly. They work beside an improvement in balance, a positive effect on metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, reducing falls, osteoporosis, colon cancer, breast cancer, depression, anxiety, and the general well-being. There is preliminary evidence to indicated that balance, and strength can be trained in the elderly using whole-body vibration (WBV) therapy. The use of WBV in the elderly population has shown to be a simple and effective treatment in the areas of balance and mobility. It would be very desirable to investigate these factors further in order to provide evidence for the delivery of sustainability of training methods.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years to 95 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• BESA to include performance level 0,1,2.

• live in the senior residence Multengut Muri or in the canton of Bern.

• apart from the complaints of old age healthy and can stand with or without aids.

• more than 22 points at the Mini-Mental State Examination

Exclusion Criteria:

• Seniors / graduates may no severe, uncorrected visual disturbances (eg, low vision, double vision, skew deviation).

• Acute stress the incompatibility of the lower limb / hip / ridge during the SRT:

joint disease, thrombosis, fresh fractures, infections, tissue damage, or fresh surgical scars.

• Seniors / inside with lower leg-/thigh prostheses.

• alcoholics.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Distorted; Balance

Intervention

Device:
• Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A
over four weeks, three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4 and than over four weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1.
• Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration b
over four weeks, three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than four weeks three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bern University of Applied Sciences	Goethe University, Maastricht University Medical Center, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

References & Publications (2)

Rogan S, Hilfiker R, Schmid S, Radlinger L. Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training for chair rising performance on untrained elderly: a pilot study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Sep-Oct;55(2):468-73. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.011. Epub 201 — View Citation

Rogan S, Radlinger L, Schmid S, Herren K, Hilfiker R & de Bruin ED. Skilling up for training: a feasibility study investigating acute effects of stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on postural control of older adults. Ageing Research. 2012;3(1):e5

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	static balance		after one session, four and eight weeks	No
Secondary	reaction time		after one session, after four and eight weeks	No
Secondary	dynamic balance		after one session, four and eight weeks	No