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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01375790
Date of registration: 16/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Asociacion Colaboracion Cochrane Iberoamericana
Public title: Whole-body Vibration Training in Older People GERIAPLAT
Scientific title: Neuromuscular Training With Whole Body Vibration in Older People: A Randomized Multicentre Clinical Trial With Blinded to Evaluator
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 160
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01375790
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   Mercè Sitjà Rabert, PhD
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Affiliation:  • Health Sciences Faculty Blanquerna (Universitat Ramon Llull)
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Institutionalized older people who were 65 years and older

- The patient consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Residents who present an acute disease that not resolved during 10 days.

- Residents with a pacemaker (or serious cardiac alterations)

- Residents with epilepsy

- Residents with a high risk of thromboembolism

- Residents with a history of a hip or knee joint replacement

- Residents who not were musculoskeletal disorders and cognitive or physical
dysfunction that interfering with test and training procedures.

- Residents that not accept to participate in the study.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Aging
Intervention(s)
Device: Exercise with Whole-body vibration platform
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Body balance. [Time Frame: at 6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Body balance [Time Frame: at six months]
Muscle performance [Time Frame: at 6 weeks, and 6 months]
Number of falls [Time Frame: during 6 months]
Safety of interventions [Time Frame: During 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
GERIAPLAT/1
PI/180-2010
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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