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Effects of Global Postural re-Education Program

NCT ID: NCT00736762

Last Updated: 2008-08-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-02-29

Study Completion Date

2008-08-31

Brief Summary

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The postural alterations present in the seniors people act as predisponent form of incapacities that provoke alterations in the quality of life. The objective of this study is to evaluate the biomechanical characteristics of the balance of elderly people, before and after treatment with Global Postural Re-education. This research is characterized by experimental method of investigation.Thirty elderly people (30 women) will be randomized to two different groups from Group of Studies of Third Age - GETI, at University of the State of Santa Catarina:

* fifteen elderly women will be submitted to the Global Postural Re-education (GPR) program and to the GETI program of activities
* fifteen elderly women will be submitted only to the GETI program of activities.

At baseline the subjects will be screened for balance measurements with the chattecx balance system and Berg Scale. These measurements will be repeat immediately after the intervention. The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks. The independent t test for pairs of random samples will be used, with level of significance of p≤0,05.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Elderly

Keywords

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Global postural re-education Balance Physical therapy older people

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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GPR

Global postural re-education intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GPR

Intervention Type OTHER

The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks.

Interventions

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GPR

The subjects randomised to the GPR program will participate in posture retraining techniques of approximately forty minutes, one time a week for ten weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Senior that accomplish physical activity in the GETI (group of studies of the third age - Santa Catarina State University)

Exclusion Criteria

* Visually impaired person
* Vestibular disorder
* Neurologic disorders
* Use of prostheses and ortheses
* Cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of the State of Santa Catarina

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University of the State of Santa Catarina

Principal Investigators

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Gilmar Santos, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Santa Catarina State University

Locations

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Santa Catarina State University

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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136/07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id