Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Balance in the Elderly Population

NCT ID: NCT01045746

Last Updated: 2014-12-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2010-09-30

Brief Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to test whether in the elderly population there are acute long-term improvements in both the static and dynamic balance, reaction time and mobility with the use of WBV.

Detailed Description

Exercise therapy plays an important role in health promotion, preservation of physical function and in preventing loss of independence among the elderly. They work beside an improvement in balance, a positive effect on metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, reducing falls, osteoporosis, colon cancer, breast cancer, depression, anxiety, and the general well-being. There is preliminary evidence to indicated that balance, and strength can be trained in the elderly using whole-body vibration (WBV) therapy. The use of WBV in the elderly population has shown to be a simple and effective treatment in the areas of balance and mobility. It would be very desirable to investigate these factors further in order to provide evidence for the delivery of sustainability of training methods.

Conditions

Distorted; Balance

Keywords

whole-body vibration; stochastic resonance Therapy; static balance; balance, mobility; elderly, reaction time; The focus of the study is effect of SRT on postural balance

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Group 1

T0, Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A intervention over four weeks, three time a week;T1, 16 days wash-out period; T2, Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration B intervention over four weeks, three times week, T3

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A

Intervention Type: DEVICE

over four weeks, three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4 and than over four weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1.

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration b

Intervention Type: DEVICE

over four weeks, three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than four weeks three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4.

Group 2

T0, Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration B intervention over four weeks, three time a week;T1, 16 days wash-out period;T2, Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A intervention over four weeks, three times week, T3

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A

Intervention Type: DEVICE

over four weeks, three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4 and than over four weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1.

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration b

Intervention Type: DEVICE

over four weeks, three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than four weeks three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4.

Interventions

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration A

over four weeks, three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4 and than over four weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration b

over four weeks, three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1 and than four weeks three times a week with 5 Hz, Noise 4.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

Zeptor med ®; Zeptor med ®

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• BESA to include performance level 0,1,2.
• live in the senior residence Multengut Muri or in the canton of Bern.
• apart from the complaints of old age healthy and can stand with or without aids.
• more than 22 points at the Mini-Mental State Examination

Exclusion Criteria

• Seniors / graduates may no severe, uncorrected visual disturbances (eg, low vision, double vision, skew deviation).
• Acute stress the incompatibility of the lower limb / hip / ridge during the SRT: joint disease, thrombosis, fresh fractures, infections, tissue damage, or fresh surgical scars.
• Seniors / inside with lower leg-/thigh prostheses.
• alcoholics.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 95 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Maastricht University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Goethe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Bern University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Slavko Rogan, cand. PhD, PTMsc

MSc PT

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

Rogan S, Hilfiker R, Schmid S, Radlinger L. Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration training for chair rising performance on untrained elderly: a pilot study. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2012 Sep-Oct;55(2):468-73. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.02.011. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 22425243 (View on PubMed)

Rogan S, Radlinger L, Schmid S, Herren K, Hilfiker R & de Bruin ED. Skilling up for training: a feasibility study investigating acute effects of stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on postural control of older adults. Ageing Research. 2012;3(1):e5

Reference Type: RESULT

Rogan S, Radlinger L, Hilfiker R, Schmidtbleicher D, de Bie RA, de Bruin ED. Feasibility and effects of applying stochastic resonance whole-body vibration on untrained elderly: a randomized crossover pilot study. BMC Geriatr. 2015 Mar 12;15:25. doi: 10.1186/s12877-015-0021-4.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 25886789 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

PhD pilot study I

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id