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| Chinese University of Hong Kong | OTHER |
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The whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in mobility, muscle strength, balance, balance confidence, and cognitive function with a lower fall rate than the control group.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Whole body vibration exercise | Experimental | The experimental group will receive 2 sessions of whole body vibration exercise training and conventional exercise per week for a period of 9 weeks. The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30 Hz and 1 mm, respectively. |
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| Conventional exercise | Active Comparator | This group will receive 2 sessions of conventional exercise training per week for a period of 9 weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Whole body vibration exercise | Device | The whole body vibration will be delivered by a platform that can generate vibration signals (Powerplate). The total duration of vibration exposure per session will range from 4 to 6 minutes. The vibration bouts (30-45 seconds per bout) will be interspersed with a 1 to 2 minutes of rest period. While standing on the vibration platform, subjects will be instructed to repeat two exercises: (1) static semi-squats, and (2) dynamic semi-squats. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Timed-up-and-go test | A measure of functional mobility | week 0 |
| Timed-up-and-go test | week 9 | |
| Timed-up-and-go test | week 21 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Berg balance scale | week 0 | |
| Berg balance scale | week 9 | |
| Berg balance scale |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Marco Pang, PhD | Contact | 852-2766-7156 | Marco.Pang@polyu.edu.hk |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Marco Pang, PhD | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing | Recruiting | Shatin | New Territories | Hong Kong |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 16372905 | Background | Bautmans I, Van Hees E, Lemper JC, Mets T. The feasibility of Whole Body Vibration in institutionalised elderly persons and its influence on muscle performance, balance and mobility: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN62535013]. BMC Geriatr. 2005 Dec 22;5:17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-5-17. | |
| 15706558 | Background |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| ID | Term |
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| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
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| Conventional exercise | Behavioral | The conventional exercise training will involve a combination of upper limb and lower limb stretching and strengthening exercises, balance training, and gait re-education. |
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| week 21 |
| Activities-specific balance confidence scale | week 0 |
| Activities-specific balance confidence scale | week 9 |
| Activities-specific balance confidence scale | week 21 |
| five times sit-to-stand test | week 0 |
| five times sit-to-stand test | week 9 |
| five times sit-to-stand test | week 21 |
| Mini-Mental State Examination | week 0 |
| Mini-Mental State Examination | week 9 |
| Mini-Mental State Examination | week 21 |
| Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease | week 0 |
| Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease | week 9 |
| Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease | week 21 |
| incidence of falls | Incidence of falls will be recorded by using fall diaries. | daily starting from week 0 to week 33 |
| Bruyere O, Wuidart MA, Di Palma E, Gourlay M, Ethgen O, Richy F, Reginster JY. Controlled whole body vibration to decrease fall risk and improve health-related quality of life of nursing home residents. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Feb;86(2):303-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.019. |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001519 | Behavior |