Effects of Stochastic Resonance Therapy on Postural Control in the Elderly Population (Pilot Study)
N/A
65 Years
95 Years
65 Years
95 Years
Not Enrolling
Both
Postural Balance
Both
Postural Balance
Trial Information
Effects of Stochastic Resonance Therapy on Postural Control in the Elderly Population (Pilot Study)
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.
Type of Study:
Interventional
Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Outcome Measure:
static balance
Outcome Time Frame:
after on session, four and eight weeks, Follow up 4 Months
Safety Issue:
No
Authority:
Switzerland: Ethikkommission
Study ID:
Diss-rgs2
NCT ID:
NCT01045746
Start Date:
January 2010
Completion Date:
September 2010
Related Keywords:
- Postural Balance
- 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
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