Clinical trial NCT04273308: The Effect of Whole-body Vibration Training
Official title: The Effect of Whole-body Vibration Training on Biomarkers and Health Beliefs of Prefrail Older Adults: A Quasi-experimental Research
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Biomarkers
Keywords: older adults
community
frailty biomarkers
health belief
prefrailty
quasi-experimental design
whole-body vibration training
Lead sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-02-18
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The whole-body vibration programme employed in this study partly improved the biomarkers and health beliefs of the prefrail community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed description: The experimental group participated in a 12-week whole-body vibration training that conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration at 12-Hz frequency and 3-mm amplitude each time

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age of 65 years or older and living in a community
* Full consciousness and able to communicate verbally
* No severe cognitive disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

* Impaired mobility after recent surgery
* Major illness such as cancer
* Severe hearing impairment and inability to fully understand and follow instructions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for Grip strength
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks (The experimental group participated training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration)
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for 15-foot walk test speed
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks (The experimental group participated training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration)
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for One-leg standing test using the dominant leg with the eyes open
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks (The experimental group participated training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration)
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for Thirty-second chair stand test
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks (The experimental group participated training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration)
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for Two-minute step test
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks (The experimental group participated training that was conducted 3 times per week, with 5-min continuous vibration)
measure: Pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups for Health beliefs
timeFrame: The twelfth week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Summary of posttest ANCOVA of the experimental and control groups for biomarkers
timeFrame: The twelfth week
measure: Summary of posttest ANCOVA of the experimental and control groups for health beliefs
timeFrame: The twelfth week
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