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| Shatin Hospital | OTHER |
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It is hypothesized that whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in physical functioning and reduction in fall incidence among institutionalized elderly, compared with conventional exercise group and control group.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Whole body vibration | Experimental | This group will receive whole body vibration and conventional exercise training (1 hour per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks). |
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| Conventional exercise | Active Comparator | This group will receive convention exercise training (1 hour per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks). |
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| Control | Active Comparator | This group will have exercise training that involve only the upper limbs (about 30 minutes per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks). |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Whole body vibration | Device | The vibration frequency and amplitude used will be 30-40 Hz and 1mm, respectively. The total exposure to the vibration stimulation is 4 minutes. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Timed-Up-and-Go test | It is a measure of functional mobility | week 0 |
| Timed-up-and-go test | week 8 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Berg balance scale | week 0 | |
| Berg balance scale | week 8 | |
| leg extension strength |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Philip Chan, MSc | Contact | 852-9851-1382 | cfl083@gmail.com |
| 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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| Shatin Hospital | 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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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Conventional exercise | Behavioral | The conventional exercise training involves upper limb and lower limb strengthening exercises using sandbags. |
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| Control | Behavioral | The control treatment involves exercises of the upper limbs. |
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| week 0 |
| leg extension strength | week 8 |
| shoulder abduction strength | week 0 |
| shoulder abduction strength | week 8 |
| elbow flexion strength | week 0 |
| elbow flexion strength | week 8 |
| six minute walk test | week 0 |
| six minute walk test | week 8 |
| Activities-specific balance confidence scale | week 0 |
| Activities-specific balance confidence scale | week 8 |
| Quick DASH | A measure of upper limb function | week 0 |
| Quick DASH | week 8 |
| Physiological Profile Assessment: short form | week 0 |
| Physiological Profile Assessment: short form | week 8 |
| falls incidence | Daily from week 0 to 12 months after termination of treatment/control period |
| 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. |