Hydraulic Resistance Exercise for Older Adults
This study is looking at whether an exercise program using hydraulic resistance equipment can help reduce the risk of falls and improve physical function in healthy adults aged 60 and older. You would participate in a specific exercise program twice a week for six weeks. Researchers will measure your balance and movement abilities before the program starts and again one week after it finishes. This will help them understand if the exercise program makes a difference. People with certain health conditions like neurological problems, recent surgery, or current injuries cannot join.
- Study design
- This study is a quasi-experimental design involving 20 participants. It uses a pre- and post-test approach to compare measurements before and after the intervention.
- What's involved
- You would participate in an exercise program using hydraulic equipment two times a week for six weeks. Your balance and movement will be tested one week before the program starts and one week after it ends.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your balance and movement will be assessed one week after the exercise program ends.
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Hydraulic Resistance and Older Adults
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Amanda L Rotondo, DPT · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · CUNY College of Staten Island
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What this trial measures
- Berg Balance Scale1 week prior to intervention start date (pre-test) and 1 week post intervention end date (post-test)
Objective functional outcome measure that assesses fall risk. Participants will move through 14 different tasks and will be assessed on their performance on a 0-4 scale. The higher the number given for a task, the better the participant's balance. The highest possible score is 56, which indicates low fall risk. The lower the score, the higher the fall risk. Minimal detectable change ranges from 5-7 depending on the diagnosis of the patient.
- Timed Up and Go1 week prior to 1 week prior to intervention start date (pre-test) and 1 week post intervention end date (post-test) start date and 1 week post intervention end date
Objective functional outcome measure that assesses fall risk. Participants will start seated in a chair. When the assessor says "Go" the participant will stand up from the chair, walk 3 meters or 10 feet, turn around and walk back to the chair and sit down. The assessor will use a stopwatch to measure how much time it takes to complete this task. A score of 12 seconds or more indicates increased fall risk.
- Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment Tool1 week prior to intervention start date (pre-test) and 1 week post intervention end date (post-test)
Objective functional outcome measure that assesses fall risk. This test looks at 9 different balance tasks (sitting balance, sit to stand, standing balance, for example) and 7 domains during gait (hesitancy to begin walking, step length and height, step symmetry, step continuity, for example). Balance score is out of 16 and gait score is out of 12. Total score is out of 28. The lower the score, the higher the fall risk.
- Lower Extremity Functional Scale1 week prior to intervention start date (pre-test) and 1 week post intervention end date (post-test)
Objective functional outcome measure that determines functional ability during lower extremity tasks. Subjects rate their ability to perform 20 different lower extremity tasks on a 0-4 scale (0 is unable to complete activity and 4 is no difficulty). Scores range from 0-80. A total score of 80 means no difficulty with any task listed. 0 means unable to perform any task listed. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) for the Lower Extremity Functional Scale is 9 points.