Exercise Protocols in Postural Balance Of Elderly Women

Sarcopenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

EFFECTS OF TWO EXERCISE PROTOCOLS IN POSTURAL BALANCE OF ELDERLY WOMEN

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02278731
• Other study ID #: U1111-1162-4778
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 22, 2014
• Last updated: October 27, 2014
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine and compare the effects of a training program with Pilates and Facilitation Neuromuscular Proprioceptive on balance and function in elderly women.

Description:

Older women living in Teresina and participating in a local church project called "Pão dos Pobres" were randomly divided into three groups: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNFG), Pilates (PG) and Control(CG). Intervention: A training program (50 minutes session) was performed with the PNFG and the PG, 3 times a week, for 4 weeks. The elderly in CG suffered no intervention and continued with their daily activities. Main Outcome Measures: The stabilometric parameters, Berg Balance Scale score, functional reach test and Timed Up and Go test (TUG test) were measured before and one month after, in all participants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: July 2014
• Est. primary completion date: May 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the subjects were between 60 and 80 years old,

• sedentary and healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

-Orthopedic, cardiovascular, vestibular, psychological, neurological or any other impairment that would not allow the execution of all study tasks

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sarcopenia

Intervention

Other:
• training program
Participants were randomly allocated to 1 of 3 groups: Pilates group (n=20), which underwent one-month (three times per week) training program with the Pilates method; PNF group (n=20), that underwent one-month (three times per week) training program using the PNF method; and Control group (n=18), that received no intervention during that one month and continued with their daily activities.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual do PiauÍ

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Displacement of the center of pressure of the body	Displacement of the center of pressure of the body was collected using an electronic baropodometer, composed by a force platform with 1600 sensors. The subjects were oriented to be in a standing position in the platform, barefoot, bipedal support and with feet hip width apart.The kinetic variables related to body balance analyzed were: total displacement oscillation (TDO), amplitude of displacement of the center of pressure antero-posterior (ACPap), amplitude of displacement of the center of pressure medio-lateral (ACPml), displacement area (AREA), antero-posterior average speed (AAS), medio-lateral average speed (MAS) and total average speed (TAS).	1 month	Yes
Primary	Functional mobility on the Timed Up & Go test	The Timed Up & Go test (TUG) was applied to evaluate functional mobility involving speed, agility and dynamic balance of the elderly women, measuring the time in seconds spent by the volunteer to stand up from a chair (seat height 45 cm) without the help of arms, walk a three meters distance, turn around and return.	1 month	Yes
Primary	Static and dynamic balance on the Berg Balance test	The Berg Balance Scale consists in 14 tasks, on a 5-point ordinal scale, ranging from 0 (unable to perform the task) to 5 (performs the task independently). Scores of the 14 tasks are summed into a total score, ranging from 0 to 56 points, the highest score being related to better performance and values lower or equal to 45 points being related to prediction of falls.	1 month	Yes