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EFFICACY OF AN EXERCISE PROPRIOCEPTIVE PROGRAM ON PREDICTORS OF RISK OF FALLS IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating propioceptive program and No propioceptive program for Accidental Falls. Completed, enrolled 50 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Knowing the effects of proprioceptive exercise program in improving balance, gait and risk of falls in institutionalized elderly.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The training program has 6 specific proprioceptive exercises, each five minutes long, which will conducted in static and dynamic positions for a period of 30 minutes. Each exercise session will include 55 minutes (15 minutes of warm-up with slow walk, mobility and stretching exercise, followed by 30 minutes of a propioceptive exercises program, and finishing with 10 minutes of cool down through stretching and relaxation exercises)
The control group continued to perform their daily activities without changing any habit. Geriatric revitalization program without proprioceptive exercises.