Trial reportBMC public health2022
Can two multimodal psychomotor exercise programs improve attention, affordance perception, and balance in community dwellings at risk of falling? A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT03446352 (Multimodal Exercise Programs for Fall Prevention - Psychomotor Versus Psychomotor Combined With Whole-Body Vibration), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Multimodal Exercise Programs for Fall Prevention - Psychomotor Versus Psychomotor Combined With Whole-Body Vibration: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Optimizing Cognitive and Physical Gains in Older Adults: Benefits of a Psychomotor Intervention Program Based on Functional Level.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Effects of an Eight-Week Psychomotor Processing Speed Program on Physical and Cognitive Abilities in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Perceptual and motor skills · 2026Article
- Enhancing interoceptive awareness in community-dwelling older adults: effects of a psychomotor intervention mediated by creative dance.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Erratum issued
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6 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundFalls are associated with cognitive and physical function deterioration. Attention decline, inaccurate affordance perception, and balance impairment are considered to be risk factors for falls. Furthermore, few studies have reported psychomotor intervention as a fall prevention program. This study aimed to investigate the effects of two multimodal programs on attention, perceptual and stepping-forward boundaries, and balance in community-dwelling older adults at risk of falling.
methodsFifty-one community-dwelling older adults were recruited to participate in a 24-week randomized controlled trial. Participants (75.4 ± 5.6 years) were randomly assigned to one of three groups: the 1) multimodal psychomotor program [EG1], 2) combined program (multimodal psychomotor program + whole-body vibration program) [EG2], and 3) control group. Participants were assessed at baseline, at post-intervention, and after a 12-week no-intervention follow-up period.
resultsThe within-group comparisons showed significant improvements in attention and balance in EG1 and EG2 after the intervention (p < 0.05). The magnitudes of the treatment effects were similar in both EGs, ranging from medium to large. Decreases in the fall rate were also observed in EG1 (- 44.2%) and EG2 (- 63.0%) (p < 0.05). During the follow-up period, these improvements in attention were maintained, while those in balance were reversed in both EGs. No significant differences between groups were found.
conclusionsThese study results suggest that both multimodal exercise programs were effective for fall prevention and were well tolerated by the participants. Specifically, EG1 and EG2 showed identical improvements in attention, and EG2 presented a slightly larger enhancement in balance and a larger decrease in the fall rate. Our findings demonstrate the benefits of maintaining the psychomotor intervention program by itself or in combination with the whole-body vibration program to prevent cognitive and physical function deterioration.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03446352 . Date of registration: February 26, 2018.
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