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Older Adult Traditional Balance Training vs Traditional Balance Training Plus Neck Strengthening

ConditionsAgingFall Injury PreventionAt Fall Risk
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorOhio University

About this trial

This study promotes greater understanding of factors impacting balance and how neck strength alters specific aspects of impaired balance. This study will help physical therapist protocols target a wholistic approach to treat fall risk individuals.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

65 + for age appropriate for Medicare-based guidelines

No previous upper cervical spine surgery

Intracranial bleed within the last 6 months

No recent orthopedic surgical intervention or injury that limits weight-bearing capacity on one side in the past 6 months

Disqualifiers

legally blind

taking meclizine

unable to follow simple motor commands

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Neck Strengthening Exercises

    Other intervention

    5 minutes of specified neck strengthening exercises two times per week for 6 weeks.

Treatment groups

110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Neck Strengthening InterventionActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: No intervention (control)No intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Peak Cervical Neck Flexion Force

Peak force (N) for cervical neck flexion captured via a hand held dynamometer. Patient will be sitting in a chair and resist applied force to the center of forehead

Time frame
Baseline testing and at 5 weeks
2

Time to peak force (s) for cervical neck flexion

Time to peak force (s) for cervical neck flexion captured via a handheld dynamometer. The patient will be sitting in a chair and resisting the applied force to the center of the forehead

Time frame
Baseline and at 5 weeks
3

Peak force (N) for right cervical lateral flexion

Peak force (N) for right cervical lateral flexion captured via a hand held dynamometer. Patient will be sitting in a chair and resist applied force to the right side of their head.

Time frame
Baseline and at 5 weeks
4

Time to peak force (s) for right cervical lateral flexion

Time to peak force (s) for right cervical lateral flexion captured via a hand held dynamometer. Patient will be sitting in a chair and resist applied force to the right side of their head.

Time frame
Baseline and at 5 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Maximal grip strength (lbs)

Maximal grip strength (lbs) is measured via handgrip dynamometer. Best of 3 trials will be taken.

Time frame
Baseline and at 5 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Ohio University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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