Balance and Strength Exercises for Older Adults at Risk of Falling
Tests combined balance and strength exercises in older women at high fall risk.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- South Valley University
- Where
- Qina, EgyptSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Monitoring Combined Effect of Balance and Strengthening Exercises on Static and Dynamic Balance in Elderly Populations
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 60 people, planned
- Started
- 15 May 2025
- Planned end
- 15 Jan 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- 1-Balance Exercises A- Standing with a decreased base B- Graded reaching in standing C- Stepping in different directions D- Walking practice 2-Strength and Balance Exercises A- Sit-to-stand B- Heel r
- Record updated
- 19 February 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for older adults with balance problems and a high risk of falling, such as post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. It tests balance and strengthening exercises.
- Age
- 50 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All sexes. The record also lists post-menopausal women as a group it is looking for.
- Disease stage
- Balance disturbance in older age with a high risk of falling, osteoporosis, or age-related vestibular (inner ear) changes.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Hiatus hernia
- Substantial gastro-esophageal reflux
- Acute cardiac events
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Congestive heart failure
The registry criteria, word for word
Show all 12 criteriaShow less
Who can take part
- geriatrics balance disturbance with high risk falling
- osteoporosis
- vestibular age related changes
- female post-menopausal based on history
Who cannot take part
- Acute exacerbation, exacerbation six months before
- Acute cardiac events
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Hypertension within the last six weeks
- Congestive heart failure,
- Active hemoptysis, or malignant disease
- Hiatus hernia
- Substantial gastro-esophageal reflux
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 70 years old?
Where in Egypt
- South Valley universityQina, EgyptContact: South valley university South valley university, South valley universityNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of training is to evoke improvements in reactive balance, then the training program may be associated with all postural control systems, including the musculoskeletal system, the cognitive system, as well as the somatosensory feedback system, while challenging the body in different environmental situations and unexpected perturbations
The 2 groups in the trial
- The study GroupTreatment being tested
training program will be implemented for 60 min per session, 3 times per week for 8 weeks. This intervention included aerobic training on treadmill or bicycle ergometer and mat activities (stretching and muscle strengthening). Balance Exercises \& Strength and Balance Exercises. 1. Balance Exercises A- Standing with a decreased base B- Graded reaching in standing C- Stepping in different directions D- Walking practice 2. Strength and Balance Exercises A- Sit-to-stand B- Heel raise C- Forward step-up D- Lateral step-up E- Half- squats sliding down a wall
Treatment: 1-Balance Exercises A- Standing with a decreased base B- Graded reaching in standing C- Stepping in different directions D- Walking practice 2-Strength and Balance Exercises A- Sit-to-stand B- Heel r
- The control groupExisting treatment, for comparison
The active control group will be received only physical therapy training, which will be provided 3 times per week for 60-min per session. This intervention included aerobic training on treadmill or bicycle ergometer and mat activities (stretching and muscle strengthening).
Treatment: 1-Balance Exercises A- Standing with a decreased base B- Graded reaching in standing C- Stepping in different directions D- Walking practice 2-Strength and Balance Exercises A- Sit-to-stand B- Heel r
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Monitoring Combined Effect of Balance and Strengthening Exercises on Static and Dynamic Balance in Elderly Populations
- Plain-language title
- Balance and Strength Exercises for Older Adults at Risk of FallingGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06835413, who can take part
- Record updated
- 19 February 2025