Innovative Training Program for Elderly in Need of Care

NCT ID: NCT02332083

Last Updated: 2019-02-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 17 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-03-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled study was to examine the effects of a 8 weeks innovative training regime (stochastic resonance whole-body vibration [SR-WBV] and virtual virtual games [VG]) in the skilling up phase on physical performance, cognition and falls in elderly in need of care population.

Detailed Description

Sensorimotor and strength exercise are methods to increase strength & power in the field of geriatrics. The question that arise what exercises are best suited to and most effective for elderly in need of care individuals. Such populations are advised first to enter a "skilling up program" before more traditional forms of training exercises are implemented.

Goals in the skilling up phase: improvement in neuromuscular control, postural control and strengthening of large muscle groups of the lower extremity.

The aim of the study in the skilling up phase:

Study the effect on physical performance Study the effects on muscle strength. Study the effects on cognition. The participants will be recruited in Canton Zurich, Swizerland and will be randomly allocated to an intervention group or sham group

Conditions

Poor Performance Status; Cognition - Other

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Intervention group

T0 - intervention over 4 weeks with stochastic resonance whole-body vibration (SR-WBV) (start with 3 up to 6 Hz, noise 4) T1 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV (start with 3 up to 6Hz, noise 4 \& Exergame) - T2

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

SR-WBV

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.

Exergame

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set from week 5 to 8, three times a week over 20 minutes.

Sham Comparator

T0 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV 1 Hz, noise 1) - T1 - intervention 4 weeks (SR-WBV 1 Hz, noise 1 \& Aktiv Tramp) - T2

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

SR-WBV

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1

Aktiv Tramp

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Participants will undergo a training program set from the 5 to 8 week, three times a week over 4 minutes.

Interventions

SR-WBV

Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks, three times a week with 3 to 6 Hz, Noise 4.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Exergame

Participants will undergo a training program set from week 5 to 8, three times a week over 20 minutes.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

SR-WBV

Participants will undergo a training program set over eight weeks three times a week with 1 Hz, Noise 1

Intervention Type: OTHER

Aktiv Tramp

Participants will undergo a training program set from the 5 to 8 week, three times a week over 4 minutes.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

SRT Zeptor® med; Virtual game board; SRT Zeptor® med; Trampoline

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) >0
• live in canton Zurich
• in terms of training load be resistant.

Exclusion Criteria

• acut joint disease, acut thrombosis, acute fractures, acute infections, acute tissue damage, or acute

• surgical scars
• seniors with prosthesis.
• alcoholic
• acute joint disease, activated osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute lower limb
• acute inflammation or infection tumors
• fresh surgical wounds
• severe migraine
• epilepsy acute severe pain

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Bern University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Heiner Baur (PhD)

PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Heiner Baur, PD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

BUAS

Eling de Bruin, PD PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

ETHZ

Locations

Bern University of Applied Science, Department Health

Bern, , Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

Other Identifiers

MSc-study (Horgen)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id