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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03019211
Date of registration: 08/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Ramon Llull
Public title: Feasibility Aquatic Physical Exercise to Reduce Falls in Institutionalized Elderly PrePhysFalls
Scientific title: Feasibility of a Physical Exercise Program, Performed Inside or Outside the Aquatic Environment, to Reduce Falls in Institutionalized Elderly: A Pilot Randomised Clinical Study
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 18
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03019211
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:     Mercè Sitjà Rabert, PhD, PT
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Affiliation:  University Ramon Llull
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Be institutionalized in a care center

- Participate voluntarily and sign the informed consent

- Have a punctuation of 2 or more in The Downton Fall Risk Index

Exclusion Criteria:

- Suffer from a condition that can be affected or hinder exercise

- Acute disease unresolved in 10 days

- Not controlled hypertension

- Contagious skin disorder

- Urinary or faecal incontinence



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cognitive Impairment
Age Problems
Strength
Elderly
Postural Balance
Intervention(s)
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline Number of Falls at 3 months, 6 months and 9 months [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Intervention Perception measured with Qualitative interview [Time Frame: 3 months]
Balance measured with Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Mobility measured with Timed Up & Go Test [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Daily living activities measured with Barthel Test [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Muscle strength measured with Five Sit to Stand test and Handgrip Test [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Pain measured with Visual Analogue Scale [Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months]
Secondary ID(s)
PrePhysFalls
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Sanitas Mayores Les Corts
Residencial Augusta Park
Ethics review
Results
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