Clinical trial NCT01086592: Effects of a Program of Physical Exercise and Electrotherapy on Muscle Strength in Subjects of the Fourth Age
Official title: Effects of a Program of Physical Exercise and Electrotherapy on Muscle Strength in Subjects of the Fourth Age
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
Conditions: Geriatric Assessment
Muscle Strength
Postural Balance
Body Mass Index
Keywords: Aged
Strength
Balance
Electrotherapy
Quality of life
Lead sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-03-15
Enrollment: 118
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 75
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age above 75

Exclusion Criteria:

* Mental disorder
* Previous electrotherapy treatments
* Pacemakers
* Lower limbs prosthetics
* Major coronary diseases

Primary outcomes:
measure: Functional Capacity
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Strength in lower limbs
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Timed standing balance. Side by side, semi tandem, tandem stand and one-leg stand
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Maximum Gait Speed. Time to cover a 4 meter distance
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Body mass index
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Six-minute walking test
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Moncada
country: Spain
facility: CEU-Cardenal Herrera University
state: Valencia
Study officials:
affiliation: Facultad Ciencias Salud CEU-UCH
name: Javier Romero, Dean
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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