Exercise to Improve Balance in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment - a Proof-of-concept Study
24 lutego 2020 zaktualizowane przez: Bård Bogen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Balance and Mobility in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment
Hearing impairment is common in older adults, and recent research points to associations between hearing impairment and balance/mobility.
The association may be due to more attentional resources being used to compensate for the sensory loss, with less resources available for maintaining balance.
The aim of this projects is therefore to investigate whether an exercise program with focus on motor-cognitive tasks is feasible for older adults with hearing impairment.
The study is meant as a proof-of-concept study, where trialling will be evaluated, and results will be used to inform the design of a larger and adequately powered study.
Przegląd badań
Status
Nieznany
Interwencja / Leczenie
Szczegółowy opis
Study design:
This is an experimental (exercise) study with follow-ups three and twelve months after exercise completion.
Participants:
Participants will be recruited from two instances:
- "Praksisnett", which is a collaboration between GPs and researchers in Bergen, Norway, where GPs recruit potential participants to research projects.
- The Ear, Nose, Throat department at Haukeland University Hospital (Bergen), who provide service to older adults with hearing impairment. The aim is to include 60 patients into three intervention arms: i) virtual reality exercises, ii) vestibular rehabilitation exercises and usual care
Intervention arms:
- Virtual reality exercises: Participants will exercise in virtual environments twice weekly. The choice of environments/tasks will be individualized, and progress from sitting/standing exercises, to doing exercises while walking on a treadmill. The aim is to perform cognitive and motor tasks simultanously.
- Vestibular rehabilitation exercises: This is an exercise approach that has been used in clinical groups, such as patients with vestibular disorders and traumatic brain injury. The aim is to perform movements/exercises where the participant is exposed gradually to movements that may be provocative for the vestibular system.
The exercises will be done in a movement lab at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Participants will be randomised to either of the three intervention arms using a computerized procedure. Neither participants, testers or deliverers of the intervention will be blinded. Testers and intervention deliverers will be physiotherapists, students enrolled in a master program in clinical physiotherapy and bachelor students in physiotherapy.
Typ studiów
Interwencyjne
Zapisy (Oczekiwany)
60
Faza
- Nie dotyczy
Kryteria uczestnictwa
Badacze szukają osób, które pasują do określonego opisu, zwanego kryteriami kwalifikacyjnymi. Niektóre przykłady tych kryteriów to ogólny stan zdrowia danej osoby lub wcześniejsze leczenie.
Kryteria kwalifikacji
Wiek uprawniający do nauki
70 lat i starsze (Starszy dorosły)
Akceptuje zdrowych ochotników
Nie
Płeć kwalifikująca się do nauki
Wszystko
Opis
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hearing threshold above 30 dB
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give informed consent,
- Inability to speak Scandinavian languages or English
- Diseases with severe motor impairments (such as mb Parkinsons)
Plan studiów
Ta sekcja zawiera szczegółowe informacje na temat planu badania, w tym sposób zaprojektowania badania i jego pomiary.
Jak projektuje się badanie?
Szczegóły projektu
- Główny cel: Inny
- Przydział: Randomizowane
- Model interwencyjny: Przydział równoległy
- Maskowanie: Brak (otwarta etykieta)
Broń i interwencje
Grupa uczestników / Arm |
Interwencja / Leczenie |
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Eksperymentalny: Virtual reality exercise
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
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Participants will do exercises in a virtual environment, solving tasks that require cognitive efforts and motor/balance efforts.
The virtual environment/tasks will be delivered through a head-mounted display ("goggles").
Difficulty will progress from standing/sitting, to walking on a treadmill.
The environments that will be used will be both over-the-counter environments, as well as in-house designed environments.
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Eksperymentalny: Vestibular rehabilitation exercise
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
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Vestibular rehabilitation exercises focus on head and eyes movements, as well as whole-body movements.
The aim is to facilitate the use of other sensory organs than the vestibular organs, which will also be relevant to persons who are not receiving sufficient sensory information from the auditory system.
The exercises will progress as tolerated, under careful supervision of trained therapists.
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Inny: Control
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
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Participants will not be randomised to either of the exercise interventions, but will be adviced to stay active
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Co mierzy badanie?
Podstawowe miary wyniku
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
|---|---|---|
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Short physical performance battery
Ramy czasowe: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Test of balance and mobility, with three tasks (walking, standing balance, sit-to-stand), scores from 0-12.
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Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Miary wyników drugorzędnych
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
|---|---|---|
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Standing balance - posturography
Ramy czasowe: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Body sway measured on a balance platform, with eyes open/closed and on a firm/compliant surface
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Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Walking balance
Ramy czasowe: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Participants will walk across an electronic walkway that registers steps, for analysis of gait steadiness
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Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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The World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)
Ramy czasowe: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Questionnaire that registers disability across several domains.
Possible score range is 0-144, where lower values indicate less disability
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Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
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Inne miary wyników
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
|---|---|---|
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Activity monitoring
Ramy czasowe: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention to after intervention (6 weeks after baseline)
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Participants will wear sensors over 4 days, registering activity in their own environments
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Measured as change from baseline/before intervention to after intervention (6 weeks after baseline)
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Dizziness Handicap Inventory
Ramy czasowe: Measured at baseline/before intervention and after intervention (6 weeks after baseline)
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25 item-questionnaire that registers limitations due to dizziness.
Possible scores range from 0-100, and higher scores indicate more dizziness-related handicap.
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Measured at baseline/before intervention and after intervention (6 weeks after baseline)
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Współpracownicy i badacze
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Daty zapisu na studia
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Główne daty studiów
Rozpoczęcie studiów (Oczekiwany)
1 maja 2020
Zakończenie podstawowe (Oczekiwany)
31 grudnia 2021
Ukończenie studiów (Oczekiwany)
1 września 2022
Daty rejestracji na studia
Pierwszy przesłany
22 grudnia 2019
Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości
24 lutego 2020
Pierwszy wysłany (Rzeczywisty)
25 lutego 2020
Aktualizacje rekordów badań
Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja (Rzeczywisty)
25 lutego 2020
Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości
24 lutego 2020
Ostatnia weryfikacja
1 lutego 2020
Więcej informacji
Terminy związane z tym badaniem
Dodatkowe istotne warunki MeSH
Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania
- 2019/FO243016
Informacje o lekach i urządzeniach, dokumenty badawcze
Bada produkt leczniczy regulowany przez amerykańską FDA
Nie
Bada produkt urządzenia regulowany przez amerykańską FDA
Nie
produkt wyprodukowany i wyeksportowany z USA
Nie
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