Clinical trial NCT01045746: Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance in the Elderly Population
Official title: Effects of Stochastic Resonance Therapy on Postural Control in the Elderly Population (Pilot Study)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Distorted; Balance
Keywords: 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
Lead sponsor: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
name: Maastricht University Medical Center
name: Goethe University
First posted: 2010-01-11
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 95
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: static balance
timeFrame: after one session, four and eight weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: reaction time
timeFrame: after one session, after four and eight weeks
measure: dynamic balance
timeFrame: after one session, four and eight weeks
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References:
citation: Rogan S, Hilfiker R, Schmid S, Radlinger L. Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training for chair rising performance on untrained elderly: a pilot study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Sep-Oct;55(2):468-73. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.011. Epub 2012 Mar 16.
citation: Rogan S, Radlinger L, Schmid S, Herren K, Hilfiker R & de Bruin ED. Skilling up for training: a feasibility study investigating acute effects of stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on postural control of older adults. Ageing Research. 2012;3(1):e5
citation: Rogan S, Radlinger L, Hilfiker R, Schmidtbleicher D, de Bie RA, de Bruin ED. Feasibility and effects of applying stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on untrained elderly: a randomized crossover pilot study. BMC Geriatr. 2015 Mar 12;15:25. doi: 10.1186/s12877-015-0021-4.