Evaluation of Strong & Steady - Fall Preventive Group Exercise Program

NCT ID: NCT04127539

Last Updated: 2022-04-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

95 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-14

Study Completion Date

2021-12-20

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of Strong and Steady (S\&S) group exercise on fall risk and physical function among community-dwelling older adults over 12 months. A pre-post test study deign will be used.

Detailed Description

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The S\&S group exercise program builds on the Otago and FaME exercise programs which have shown to be effective in preventing falls. Strong and steady has been adapted to more functionally fit older people.

The study period will be one year. Due to the corona pandemic all S\&S groups in Norway have been closed. Due to this all participants have had a break from their exercise program for more than 6 months and can be seen av new participants to the exercise groups. Participants that are about to start in a S\&S group in municipalities in Trøndelag will be asked to participate in this study. They will go through tests of muscle strength and balance in addition to questionnaires at baseline and after 6 and 12 months of exercise. Where possible the participants will go through the same tests 1 month before they start to exercise in addition to the three other test timepoints.

Conditions

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Aged

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Will start a Strong \& Steady group exercise programme immediately after baseline testing.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Strong & Steady exercise program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The community-based group exercise program S\&S, with strengthening and balance exercise as the main components. The participants will attend a once-weekly, one hour supervised session. The exercises that will be used can be found in the S\&S handbook which includes different difficulty levels. All instructors are volunteers and have completed the S\&S education. Each exercise session will consist of a warm-up (5-8 min.), endurance exercises (10-15 min.), strength exercises (15 min.), balance exercises (20 min.) and a cool down/stretching (5 min.). In addition to attending the group exercises, the participants will be taught and encouraged to do home exercises twice a week from hand out leaflets that can be found at www.sterkogstodig.no.

Interventions

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Strong & Steady exercise program

The community-based group exercise program S\&S, with strengthening and balance exercise as the main components. The participants will attend a once-weekly, one hour supervised session. The exercises that will be used can be found in the S\&S handbook which includes different difficulty levels. All instructors are volunteers and have completed the S\&S education. Each exercise session will consist of a warm-up (5-8 min.), endurance exercises (10-15 min.), strength exercises (15 min.), balance exercises (20 min.) and a cool down/stretching (5 min.). In addition to attending the group exercises, the participants will be taught and encouraged to do home exercises twice a week from hand out leaflets that can be found at www.sterkogstodig.no.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Able to get to the training facilities on their own
* Able to walk without a walking aid indoors

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosed with dementia
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Glasgow Caledonian University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fysiofondet

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jorunn L Helbostad, PhD/Prof

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Locations

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Norwegian municipalities

Trondheim, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Related Links

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http://sterkogstodig.no

The national website for Sterk og stødig

Other Identifiers

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2019/255

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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