Prevention of Functional Decline of Aged Women

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Clinical Trial

— Incapacity  

Official title:

The Influence of the Support Group on the Functional Incapacity in the Prevention of Functional Decline of Aged Women.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00727389
• Other study ID #: lnunes
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 28, 2008
• Last updated: July 31, 2008
• Start date: April 2007
• Est. completion date: November 2007

Study information

• Verified date: July 2008
• Source: Academia Cearense de Odontologia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ministry of HealthBrazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the capacity of muscular function and articular amplitude in the aged women who participated in the Support Group and its influence on the prevention of function decline of these women.

Description:

To evaluate the capacity of muscular function and articular amplitude in the aged women who participated the Support Group and its influence on the prevention of function decline of these women is use the method: It is an interventional and quantitative research. A questionnaire of identification and instruments will use: a) flexion and extension tests of muscular function and articular amplitude of shoulders, elbows, wrists, hip, knees and ankles, in the beginning and in the end of the program b) educational action c) physical exercise d) the check up of the results after the exercises e) two questions to register the influence of the support group in the functional life of the researched ones.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 31
• Est. completion date: November 2007
• Est. primary completion date: October 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• woman with 60 years old or more

Exclusion Criteria:

• woman with less 60 years old

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Physiotherapy
Exercise two days a week for six month

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Grupo de apoio a prevenção da incapacidade funcional	Fortaleza	Ceará

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Academia Cearense de Odontologia	Fortaleza University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	A instrument was used for flexion and extension tests of muscular function and articular amplitude of shoulders, elbows, wrists, hip, knees and ankles, in the beginning and in the end of the program; physical exercise; the check up of the results		six month	No