ActivePhase 2Phase 3ACTRN12606000013561

The efficacy of the LIFE Lifestyle approach to balance and strength training in improving balance and strength in older people: A randomized trial

Sponsor

The University of Sydney

Enrollment

34 participants

Start Date

May 16, 2005

Study Type

Interventional

Conditions

Falls prevention

Summary

The LIFE program is an innovative way of embedding balance and strength training within daily life activity and it is designed to prevent falls. This pilot study is recruiting at-risk community residing elderly from metropolitan Sydney to a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of the program in improving and maintaining balance and lower limb strength. Subjects will be followed for a 6 month period.

Eligibility

Sex: Both males and femalesMin Age: 70 Yearss

Inclusion Criteria1

Two falls in past year or one injurious fall.

Exclusion Criteria1

Mod-severe cognitive impairment, no conversational english, inability to ambulate independently , resident in a nursing home or hostel, any unstable or terminal medical illness which would preclude the planned exercises, neurological conditions that result in motor performance difficulties such as hmeiplegia from stroke or parkinsons dissease.

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Interventions

Embedding balance and strength training within daily habitual routines. The intervention will be taught during weekly home visits for up to 8 weeks with a three month follow up. The participants will

Embedding balance and strength training within daily habitual routines. The intervention will be taught during weekly home visits for up to 8 weeks with a three month follow up. The participants will be assessed at baseline, 3 months and 6 months.