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Last refreshed on: 3 August 2015
Main ID:  NCT01713790
Date of registration: 14/10/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Public title: Innovative Training Methods for Frail Elderly in the Training Gain Stage
Scientific title: Effects of Whole Body Vibration With Stochastic Resonance and Exergames in the Elderly in Need of Care: Effects on Physical Functional Performance
Date of first enrolment: October 2012
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01713790
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Rob de Bie, Prof., PhD
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Affiliation:  University Maastricht, Department Epidemiology
Name:     Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, Prof., PhD
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Affiliation:  Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Department Sport Science
Name:     Baur Heiner, PhD
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Affiliation:  Bern University of Applied Sciences
Name:     Eling D de Bruin, Prof., PhD
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Affiliation:  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department Human Movement Science
Name:     Lorenz Radlinger, PhD
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Affiliation:  Bern University of Applied Science, Department WGS
Name:     Slavko Rogan, MSc
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Affiliation:  Bern University of Applied Science, Department WGS
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- RAI (Resident Assessment Instrument) >0

- live in canton Bern

- 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 inflammation or infection tumors

- fresh surgical wounds

- severe migraine

- epilepsy

- acute severe pain



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Poor Performance Status
Intervention(s)
Device: Stochastic resonance whole-body vibration
Device: Exergame
Device: Leg press
Primary Outcome(s)
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPBB) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in SPBB at 10 weeks.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
knee extension maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in knee extension MVC at 10 weeks.]
dynamic body balance [Time Frame: Change from baseline in dynamic body balance at 10 weeks.]
knee flexion rate of force develompent (RFD) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in knee flexion RFD at 10 weeks.]
walking in single (ST) and dual task (DT) conditions [Time Frame: Change from baseline during walking in ST and DT condition at 10 weeks.]
knee extension rate of force develompent (RFD) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in knee extension RFD at 10 weeks.]
knee flexion maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) [Time Frame: Change from baseline in knee flexion MVC at 10 weeks.]
mobility [Time Frame: Change from baseline in mobility at 10 weeks.]
Secondary ID(s)
Main study (PhD)- part II
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Maastricht University Medical Center
Goethe University
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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Results
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