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Aquatic Exercise and Reactive Balance

ConditionsAgingAgedAccidental FallsPostural BalanceExerciseExercise Therapy
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorEadric Bressel

About this trial

The present clinical trial aims to identify if skills acquired during aquatic exercise are more effectively transferred to a reactive balance task than land exercise. This study is designed as a double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial. Forty-four older adults aged 60 years or above who meet the eligibility criteria will be recruited and randomized into an aquatic exercise group or land exercise group. Each group will participate in the same balance training exercise during a single session that includes a ball throwing and catching task. A modified lean-and-release test will be implemented on land immediately before, after, and one week after the training session. The outcomes will include reaction time, rapid response accuracy, and mini-BESTest scores obtained from stepping and grasping reactions.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Ability to stand using a double-leg stance for one minute of time

Ability to walk independently

Normal or corrected to normal vision

Normal or corrected to normal hearing based on a qualitative assessment

Disqualifiers

Any neurological or musculoskeletal disorders that may inhibit the participation in the training and testing protocols

A concussion within the past one year before the participation

Any cognitive deficiencies (e.g., memory, concentration, or attention disorder)

One or more 'yes' answered on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Exercise intervention

    Other intervention

    A ball catching and throwing exercise.

Treatment groups

44 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Aquatic Exercise groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Land Exercise groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Reaction time measures (REACH)

Hand contact time during REACH following the cable release will be calculated.

Time frame
Immediately before the intervention. Duration of each assessment will be 15 minutes.
2

Reaction time measures (STEP1)

Foot-off time during STEP following the cable release will be calculated.

Time frame
Immediately before the intervention. Duration of each assessment will be 15 minutes.
3

Reaction time measures (STEP2)

Foot contact time during STEP following the cable release will be calculated.

Time frame
Immediately before the intervention. Duration of each assessment will be 15 minutes.
4

Rapid response accuracy

For the RANDOM block, response accuracy, defined as the percentage of accurate responses, will be calculated. To represent a composite measure of accuracy and speed of response, rapid response accuracy will be calculated using the ratio of response accuracy to the reaction time (%/ms). Foot-off and hand contact data will be used for the calculation.

Time frame
Immediately before the intervention. Duration of each assessment will be 15 minutes.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Eadric Bressel

Lead sponsor

Utah State University

Sponsor institution

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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