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- Clinical Trial NCT05465720
Comparison of Effects of Motor, Sensory and Cognitive Exercises on Falls Prevention
"Invisible" Balance Problems: the Comparison of Effects of Motor, Sensory and Cognitive Exercises on Falls Prevention in Community Dwelling Older Adults
Motor, sensory, and cognitive functions all contribute to balance maintenance, and age causes deterioration in these functions with associated declines in balance ability and accidental falls. Relatively speaking, the sensory and cognitive functions are "invisible" in designing falls-prevention programs. The relative proportions of training of motor, sensory, and cognitive functions, for the most efficient falls-prevention program is a practical and important issue but has not been studied yet by directly comparing their intervention effects.
This three-year project aims to provide evidence base for relative proportions of motor, sensory, and cognitive training when designing falls-prevention programs. The crossover randomized controlled trial (RCT) will recruit 120 community-dwelling elderly adults from local community centers. There will two experimental groups- sensory and cognitive training, one control group- motor training, each for 60 minutes per session, 3 times a week, for 16 weeks. The three groups will be trained with task-oriented design of balance exercise but focusing on different aspects, i.e., training will begin in the ICF body function level (focusing on motor, sensory, or cognitive function) in the stance position and will end in the ICF activity level (balance or mobility activities focusing on motor, sensory, or cognitive function). The primary outcome measures are rates of falls and near-falls in the ICF participation level, and the secondary measures are balance/mobility performance and risk of falling in the ICF activity level.
In Taiwan, a great amount of expense is paid to prevent falls in the community setting. Through better understanding of the comparative intervention effects between motor, sensory, and cognitive training, this project hope to be able to suggest the relative proportions of motor, sensory, and cognitive training in falls-prevention exercise design.
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- (1) older than 60 years of age, (2) living in the community, (3) scored more than two in Mini-Cog assessment [51], and (4) able to walk independently or with minimal assistance in the community
Exclusion Criteria:
- (1) an injury or musculoskeletal system disorder that would hamper their ability to conduct the physical tests, (2) acute heart attack in recent 3-6 months or unstable angina, (3) uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, (4) aortic dissecting aneurysm, (5) severe aortic stenosis, (6) acute endocarditis/pericarditis, (7) uncontrolled blood pressure higher than 180/110 mmHg, (8) acute thromboembolism, (9) acute or severe heart failure, (10) acute or severe respiratory failure, (11) uncontrolled postural hypotension, (12) uncontrolled acute decompensated diabetes mellitus or low blood sugar, (13) any other circumstance the doctors believe prevents dosing physical activity.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: motor
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Each group will receive 10-minute warm up, followed by 20-minute exercises in the ICF body function level, 20-minute exercises in the ICF activity level, and finally 10-minute cool down.
The 10-minute war up include dynamic mobility exercises of the upper extremity and trunk (ribbons dancing on a chair) and of the lower extremity (marching in place).
The 10-minute cool down include flexibility exercises of multiple muscles especially focusing on neck, hamstring, and calf muscles.
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Experimental: sensory
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Each group will receive 10-minute warm up, followed by 20-minute exercises in the ICF body function level, 20-minute exercises in the ICF activity level, and finally 10-minute cool down.
The 10-minute war up include dynamic mobility exercises of the upper extremity and trunk (ribbons dancing on a chair) and of the lower extremity (marching in place).
The 10-minute cool down include flexibility exercises of multiple muscles especially focusing on neck, hamstring, and calf muscles.
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Experimental: cognitive
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Each group will receive 10-minute warm up, followed by 20-minute exercises in the ICF body function level, 20-minute exercises in the ICF activity level, and finally 10-minute cool down.
The 10-minute war up include dynamic mobility exercises of the upper extremity and trunk (ribbons dancing on a chair) and of the lower extremity (marching in place).
The 10-minute cool down include flexibility exercises of multiple muscles especially focusing on neck, hamstring, and calf muscles.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Short form of Falls Efficacy Scale International
Time Frame: 5 minutes
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Participants will be asked to report their concerns about falling from 1 to 4 when performing seven activities, including indoor activities, outdoor activities, and social events
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5 minutes
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Taiwan International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form
Time Frame: 10 minutes
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The frail criterion of the minimum weekly energy expenditure is 383 Kcal for men and 270 Kcal for women
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10 minutes
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Rate of falls
Time Frame: 3 minutes
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participants will be interviewed for their falls history in the previous year
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3 minutes
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Rate of near-falls
Time Frame: 3 minutes
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participants will be interviewed for their falls history in the previous year
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3 minutes
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 001 (NavyGHB)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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