Effectiveness of Microkinesitherapy in Seniors

NCT ID: NCT05494879

Last Updated: 2022-08-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-08-17
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-18

Brief Summary

Many specialists stress that the aging process is individual, its course, severity and occurrence of disease are not the same for all seniors. The studies indicate that SA should be conceptualized as a process, using developmental trajectories of functioning as component parts, and can take several forms. The nature of "successful" trajectories varied from a limited decline over time (e.g., cognitive and physical functioning), stability over time (e.g., self-perceived health) to recovery (from social loneliness) and growth (in life satisfaction and emotional support provided). Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed Description

new therapeutic methods are being proposed that can be used in the community to steer the aging process toward "healthy aging." An example of a holistic approach to the patient can be found in microkinesitherapy. The focus of microkinesitherapy is to find and restore areas of the body that have lost their vitality and mobility, using gentle touches on various body tissues using specific body maps. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of microkinesitherapy treatment in community-dwelling older adults. It was decided to evaluate the impact of a single therapy session on a range of psycho-somatic indicators. The hypotheses were as follows: (H1) The microkinesitherapy intervention will improve the physical function assessed using the Senior Fitness Test, (H2) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will not affect gait performance, (H3) A single microkinesitherapy treatment will improve the quality of life of the participants.

Conditions

Microkinesitherapy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

microkinesitherapy treatment

The study group received a single therapy session of microkinesitherapy. The entire procedure lasted about 10 minutes. Microkinesitherapy is based on locating information in the patient's body about previous traumas/traumas that have been experienced physically and emotionally, which the body could not eliminate. This information is interpreted on the body by sensitive tensions and called "body scars" and does not necessarily remain in the brain.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

microkinesitherapy treatment

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The therapeutic session of microkinesitherapy included a seeking of "body scares" both taking into account somatic dysfunctions as well as psychosomatic disorders. According to the creators of the method, Grosjean and Benini "Everything that happens with us in a toxic level, either physically or emotionally, are stored by the brain which keeps memories and generates links that may harm the function of the cells generating a vast array of symptoms and dysfunctions".

Interventions

microkinesitherapy treatment

The therapeutic session of microkinesitherapy included a seeking of "body scares" both taking into account somatic dysfunctions as well as psychosomatic disorders. According to the creators of the method, Grosjean and Benini "Everything that happens with us in a toxic level, either physically or emotionally, are stored by the brain which keeps memories and generates links that may harm the function of the cells generating a vast array of symptoms and dysfunctions".

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• pneumonia, tuberculosis and other respiratory inflammatory disease in all stages and forms
• less than 6 months after a heart attack, state after thoracic and cardiac surgery
• uncontrolled hypertension
• insulin-dependent diabetes
• lung cancer
• cognitive impairment or Mini-Mental State Examination < 24.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

The Opole University of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology

Opole, , Poland

Countries

Poland

Other Identifiers

Micro_Poznan

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id