Clinical trial NCT05923385: Are Static and Dynamic Balance Tests A Criteria Showing Cognitive Impairments In the Elderly?
Official title: Are Static and Dynamic Balance Tests A Criteria Showing Cognitive Impairments In the Elderly?
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Geriatric Population
Balance Problems
Keywords: geriatria
cognitive status
balance test
Lead sponsor: Biruni University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-28
Enrollment: 128
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Relative healthy nursing home residents aged 65-85 living in the nursing home will be included in the study.

Brief summary: The aim of our study is to reveal whether static and dynamic balance tests can be an indicator of deterioration in cognitive impairments in geriatric individuals.

Detailed description: the static and dynamic balance test will be used to predict cognitive impairments in older adults.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Relative, healthy elderly individuals aged 65-85 years
* Individuals who do not have neurological / orthopedic problems that will prevent them from performing the test
* Independent elderly individuals in activities of daily living
* Men and women living in a nursing home
* No pre-defined vision and hearing problems
* No history of lower extremity or lumbar spinal surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hadkinson's Abbreviated Mental Test less than 7 points
* Presence of defined neurological, orthopedic, systemic (cardiovascular) disease that interferes with walking and mobility
* Presence of defined psychiatric illness
* Having a communication problem
* Presence of using aids for walking
* Use of prostheses or orthoses associated with the lower extremity
* Presence of cognitive, visual or auditory impairment
* Balance-affected individuals with lower extremity disorders

Primary outcomes:
measure: Standardized Mini Mental Test
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Four Step Square Test
timeFrame: 8 minutes
measure: Timed Up and Get Test
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: One Leg Standing Test (Eyes Open and Eyes Closed):
timeFrame: 3 minutes
measure: Functional Reach Test:
timeFrame: 4 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İstanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Biruni University
Study officials:
affiliation: Biruni University
name: Guzin Kaya Aytutuldu, PT,PhD.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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