The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation, strengthening exercises, or combination of both over lower limbs are effective in the improvement of the stability fundamentally against falls, greater independence and, therefore, better quality of life in elderly over 75 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
118
Daily life activities
Lower limb weight
Neuromuscular Electrical Nerve Stimulation
CEU-Cardenal Herrera University
Moncada, Valencia, Spain
Functional Capacity
Berg's Scale, SF-36 test, 6 minute walking test, Barthel test, SPPB.
Time frame: 3 months
Strength in lower limbs
Dinamometry, bioimpedancy.
Time frame: 3 months
Timed standing balance. Side by side, semi tandem, tandem stand and one-leg stand
Berg Scale, SPPB.
Time frame: 3 months
Maximum Gait Speed. Time to cover a 4 meter distance
Physical performance test
Time frame: 3 months
Body mass index
Bioimpedancy, ecography, lower limb perimeter.
Time frame: 3 months
Six-minute walking test
Physical performance test, assessing maximum distance covered during 6 minutes (assistance allowed if required).
Time frame: 3 months
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Superimposed Neuromuscular Electric Nerve Stimulation