Clinical trial NCT06383676: Effect Of Functional Balance Exercise İn Elderly
Official title: The Effect Of Functional Balance-Based Reaction Exercises On Improvement Of Physical Capacity And Cognitive Performance In Elderly Individual
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Older People
Exercise
Keywords: balance
reaction time
functional capacity
Lead sponsor: Tarsus University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-25
Enrollment: 31
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study was planned as a randomized controlled study
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The elderly population is increasing in Turkey and in the world. Many health problems, such as a decrease in physical and psychological abilities and an increase in chronic problems, occur with aging. It is important to encourage and support practices for the development of exercises to increase physical and cognitive capacity in order to early recognize and reduce the effects of problems that develop with aging. To the best of our knowledge, there is no exercise training to increase reaction time in the elderly in the literature.

Detailed description: The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Volunteer participants over the age of 65 living in a nursing home in Ankara will be included in the study. The sample of the study will consist of 28 elderly individuals, as determined by power analysis. The participants will be randomly divided into two groups. One group (Group 1) will receive functional balance exercise training, and the other group (Group 2) will receive functional balance-based reaction exercise training. The participants socio-demographic information, cognitive level ( The Montreal Cognitive Assessment), executive function (Stroop Test), reaction time, physical performance (Four Step Square test, Short Physical Performance Battery, Time Up Go Test) and balance confidence (Falls Efficiency Scale) will be evaluated Evaluations will be repeated at baseline and 8 weeks later. The interventions will be carried out two days a week for 40 minutes for eight weeks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age of 65 or above
* Minimum of 5 years of education
* Moca score of 21 or higher
* Capability to walk a minimum of 10 meters (with or without walking assistance if needed)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Moca test score 21 and below
* Having vision and hearing problems (which cannot be corrected with glasses or hearing aids)
* Having an orthopedic or neurological disease that prevents standing

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Stroop Test
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: The Simple Reaction Time
timeFrame: Eight weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Four Square Step Test (FSST)
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: The short physical performance battery (SPPB)
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Falls Efficacy Scale ( FES)
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Mini-BESTest: Balance Evaluation Systems Test
timeFrame: Eight weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Fatma Kübra ÇEKOK
Study officials:
affiliation: Tarsus University
name: Fatma Kübra ÇEKOK, Phd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References: