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NCT05409534
The Effect of Backward Walking Training in the Elderly
NA trial testing Backward Walking (Exercise group) in Elderly People in 52 participants. Completed in 29 March 2024.
2 January 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Ayşe Toraman |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 52 |
| Start date | 24 February 2023 |
| Primary completion | 2 January 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 29 March 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Backward Walking (Exercise group)
- Forward Walking (Control Group)
Conditions studied
- Elderly People — all drugs for Elderly People →
Sponsor
Ayşe Toraman
Who can join
Adults 65 to 95, any sex, with Elderly People. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Foot problems are among the most common reasons for elderly individuals to apply to health care centers. With aging, changes occur in the appearance, biomechanics, posture and function of the foot. These changes cause deterioration in balance, increase in the risk of falling, fracture formation, limitation in mobility and activities. In recent years, backward walking seems to have become a popular treatment in rehabilitation. The walking cycle, which we start with a heel strike in our normal forward walking, starts with finger contact while walking backwards. It has been stated that this situation affects the entire plantar pressure distribution and provides a more equal distribution of plantar pressure. Therefore, gait modifications seem to affect foot biomechanics. It is not yet known how backward walking training affects foot biomechanics, balance and kinesiophobia in elderly individuals. By improving the ability to walk backwards, it may be possible to improve foot functions, increase mobility function, improve balance ability, and reduce the fear of falling and the incidence of falling. In addition, this training is easy to learn and popular, and has the advantage of being low cost. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of backward walking training on ankle joint position sense, foot posture and functions, lower extremity muscle strength, balance, kinesiophobia status and fall incidence in elderly individuals staying in nursing homes.
Publications & conference data
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- NCT06520956 — Improving the Quality of Life of Elderly Individuals Living in Nursing Homes · NA · active not recruiting
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ayşe Toraman
- Last refreshed: 9 August 2024
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