Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance in the Elderly Population
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Purpose
Exercise therapy plays an important role in health promotion, preservation of physical function and in preventing loss of independence among the elderly. They work beside an improvement in balance, a positive effect on metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, reducing falls, osteoporosis, colon cancer, breast cancer, depression, anxiety, and the general well-being. There is preliminary evidence to indicated that balance, and strength can be trained in the elderly using whole-body vibration (WBV) therapy. The use of WBV in the elderly population has shown to be a simple and effective treatment in the areas of balance and mobility. It would be very desirable to investigate these factors further in order to provide evidence for the delivery of sustainability of training methods.
Thus, the goal of this pilot study is to test whether in the elderly population there are acute long-term improvements in both the static and dynamic balance, reaction time and mobility with the use of WBV.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Postural Balance |
Other: stochastic resonance therapy (SRT) |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Effects of Stochastic Resonance Therapy on Postural Control in the Elderly Population (Pilot Study) |
- static balance [ Time Frame: after on session, four and eight weeks, Follow up 4 Months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- reaction time [ Time Frame: after one session, after four and eight weeks, Follow up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- dynamic balance [ Time Frame: after on session, four and eight weeks, Follow up 4 Months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- mobility [ Time Frame: after one session, after four and eight weeks, Follow up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 20 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2010 |
| Study Completion Date: | September 2010 |
| Primary Completion Date: | September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Experimental: Everyday life |
Other: stochastic resonance therapy (SRT)
SRT 5 serien à 60 s with 60 s rest. 5 Hz /Noise 5 and 3mm SRT 5 serien à 60 s with 60 s rest. 1 Hz /Noise 1 and 3mm
Other Name: Zeptor med ®
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years to 95 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- BESA to include performance level 0,1,2.
- live in the senior residence Multengut Muri or in the canton of Bern.
- apart from the complaints of old age healthy and can stand with or without aids.
- more than 22 points at the Mini-Mental State Examination
Exclusion Criteria:
- Seniors / graduates may no severe, uncorrected visual disturbances (eg, low vision, double vision, skew deviation).
- Acute stress the incompatibility of the lower limb / hip / ridge during the SRT: joint disease, thrombosis, fresh fractures, infections, tissue damage, or fresh surgical scars.
- Seniors / inside with lower leg-/thigh prostheses.
- alcoholics.
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| Responsible Party: | Slavko Rogan, cand. PhD, PTMsc, MSc PT, Bern University of Applied Sciences |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01045746 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | Diss-rgs2 |
| Study First Received: | January 8, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | October 19, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | Switzerland: Ethikkommission |
Keywords provided by Bern University of Applied Sciences:
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whole-body vibration stochastic resonance Therapy static balance |
balance, mobility elderly, reaction time The focus of the study is effect of SRT on postural balance |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013