The study was conducted to investigate the effects of Otago Exercise Training and Square Stepping Exercise Training on balance and fear of falling in geriarthric individuals and the superiority of the two exercise training for these parameters. The volunteer individuals participating in the study were randomly divided into 3 groups as otago exercise group, square stepping exercise group and control group with equal number of men and women. The individuals who participated in study had a homogeneous distribution in terms of age, gender, BMI, height, weight and occupational status in all three groups. However, the number of female individuals was higher in all three groups. In the study, individuals in the exercise training groups received square stepping and otago exercise training 3 days a week for 6 weeks, while individuals in the control group did not receive any training. All three groups were evaluated before and six weeks after the training.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
105
A total of 18 sessions of Otago Training were conducted 3 days a week for 6 weeks, each session lasting 60 minutes in total, including 5 minutes of warm-up and cool-down periods.
A total of 18 sessions of SSE were performed 3 days a week for 6 weeks, each session lasting 40 minutes.
Pamukkale University
Denizli, Turkey (Türkiye)
Tinetti's International Fall Efficacy Scale
Asseses perception of balance and stability during activities of daily living. Assesses fear of falling in the elderly population. On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being very confident and 10 being not confident at all, how confident are you that you do the following activities without falling? Score: 1 = very confident 10 = not confident at all A total score of greater than 70 indicates that the person has a fear of falling.
Time frame: 6 weeks
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