Effects of Global Postural re-Education Program - Full Text View

Sponsor:	University of the State of Santa Catarina
Information provided by:	University of the State of Santa Catarina
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00736762

Purpose

The postural alterations present in the seniors people act as predisponent form of incapacities that provoke alterations in the quality of life. The objective of this study is to evaluate the biomechanical characteristics of the balance of elderly people, before and after treatment with Global Postural Re-education. This research is characterized by experimental method of investigation.Thirty elderly people (30 women) will be randomized to two different groups from Group of Studies of Third Age - GETI, at University of the State of Santa Catarina:

fifteen elderly women will be submitted to the Global Postural Re-education (GPR) program and to the GETI program of activities
fifteen elderly women will be submitted only to the GETI program of activities.

At baseline the subjects will be screened for balance measurements with the chattecx balance system and Berg Scale. These measurements will be repeat immediately after the intervention. The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks. The independent t test for pairs of random samples will be used, with level of significance of p≤0,05.

Condition	Intervention
Healthy Elderly	Other: GPR

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Supportive Care, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	Effects of Global Postural re-Education Program on the Biomechanical Characteristics of the Elderly Balance.

Further study details as provided by University of the State of Santa Catarina:

Primary Outcome Measures:

center of pressure (cop) [ Time Frame: pre-treatment, five weeks and pos-treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	30
Study Start Date:	February 2008
Study Completion Date:	August 2008
Primary Completion Date:	April 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
GPR: Experimental Global postural re-education intervention	Other: GPR The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	65 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Senior that accomplish physical activity in the GETI (group of studies of the third age - Santa Catarina State University)

Exclusion Criteria:

Visually impaired person
Vestibular disorder
Neurologic disorders
Use of prostheses and ortheses
Cancer

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00736762

Locations

Brazil, Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina State University
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 88080350

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of the State of Santa Catarina

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Gilmar Santos, PhD

Santa Catarina State University

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	University of the State of Santa Catarina ( Gilmar Moraes Santos / PhD )
Study ID Numbers:	136/07
Study First Received:	August 15, 2008
Last Updated:	August 15, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00736762 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research

Keywords provided by University of the State of Santa Catarina:

Global postural re-education
Balance
Physical therapy
older people

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 27, 2009