An interventional study of Balance activity program and Strength activity program in Aging and Cardiovascular Diseases, sponsored by Hillel Yaffe Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-17.
Sponsored by Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Individuals of advanced age with cardiovascular disease are at higher risk of fall.The aim of this study is to explore the effect of specific exercise program based on balance and coordination on stability parameters
4,904 studies on the registry are indexed under Cardiovascular Diseases; 919 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 31 is below the median of 100 across 2,738 interventional studies indexed under Cardiovascular Diseases.
Browse Cardiovascular Diseases studies →Hillel Yaffe Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 301 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Exclusion Criteria:
A physical activity program that is based on balance and coordination exercises
Behavioral: Balance activity program
A physical activity program that is based on strength exercises
Behavioral: Strength activity program
Participants will take part in a biweekly, 12 week physical activity program that will include balance and coordination exercises
Participants will take part in a biweekly, 12 week physical activity program that will include traditional strength exercises
Change in Balance ability - a composite outcome
In order to assess changes in balance ability, it will be measured with the following tests: Timed Get Up and Go , Balance Error Scoring System Test, Functional Reach Test, before and after the 12 week physical activity program and the difference will be compared
Time frame: 4 months
This study is completed, as verified in Oct 2018. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center