Telerehabilitation Exercise in Older Adults

Efficacy of Synchronous Telerehabilitation Chair-Based Exercises and Cognitive Exercises in Elderly Individuals

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of chair-based exercises and cognitive exercises through synchronous telerehabilitation in older adults.

Older adults will be divided into two groups (intervention group n=16; control group n=11) .

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain; Elderly; Balance
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: chair-based exercises; Behavioral: cognitive exercises

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 27
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Center
    • Usak, Center, Turkey, 64200
      • Elif Gur Kabul

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Getting a score of 6 or above on the Hodkinson Mental Test

Exclusion Criteria:

• -Having another chronic disease that can cause pain Having a neurological disease Being blind Having an orthopedic, neurological or mental disability

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: İntervention; chair-based exercises and cognitive exercises	Behavioral: chair-based exercises; Synchronous online telerehabilitation chair-based exercises will be performed under the supervision of a physiotherapist twice a week for 8 weeks for intervention group. The control group will be given a brochure with explanations of the exercises.; Behavioral: cognitive exercises; Cognitive exercises will be performed under the supervision of a physiotherapist 1 day a week for 8 weeks as online telerehabilitation for intervention group.
Active Comparator: Control group; chair-based exercises	Behavioral: chair-based exercises; Synchronous online telerehabilitation chair-based exercises will be performed under the supervision of a physiotherapist twice a week for 8 weeks for intervention group. The control group will be given a brochure with explanations of the exercises.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Timed Up and Go Test During Dual Tasking	While performing the timed up and go test, the person will be asked to count backwards from 100, two by two.	5 minutes
Berg Balance Scale	It is a scale consisting of 14 items.The maximum score is 56.	15 minutes
Geriatric Pain Measure	It is a multidimensional scale with 24 items.Scores range from 0-100.	15 minutes
Older people's quality of life-brief (OPQOL-brief)	It consists of 13 items. Scores between 13 and 65 can be obtained, with higher scores indicating better quality of life.	8 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dominant Side One Leg Stand Test	The dominant leg will be asked to lift up. The time will end when the foot touches the ground.	30 seconds
Timed Up and Go Test	An area of 3 meters will be determined. The individual will be asked to get up from the chair, walk, come back and sit down without any support.	3 minutes
chair sit and stand test	You will be asked to stand up and sit down quickly for 30 seconds	30 seconds
Hodkinson Mental Test	The test consists of 10 questions in total.total score is between 0-10	5 minutes
Geriatric Depression Scale	It consists of 30 items. A score between 0-15 is received.	15 minutes
Successful Aging Scale	It consists of ten questions.A minimum of 10 and a maximum of 70 points can be obtained from this scale.	5 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pamukkale University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 21, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 18, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): July 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 8, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2025
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Exercise in older adults

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No