Exercise Park Equipment for Improving Physical Function and Physical Activity Levels in the Elderly

NCT02375594 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: FSIE-LAPP-2014
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 88
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Exercise park equipments for the elderly are designed taking into account the physical and cognitive capabilities and needs of elderly individuals. These equipments are usually built in public spaces, and may be part of public health initiatives to promote active lifestyles in the elderly. Previous research has provided clear evidence on the short-term efficacy of exercise programs in improving physical function and level of physical activity in community-dwelling elderly. The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to assess whether an exercise intervention conducted in an exercise park equipment is able to achieve sustained improvements in physical function and level of physical activity, that are maintained for at least 3 months after the end of the intervention. The target population are community-dwelling elderly that are insufficiently active.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Physical performance measured with the Short Physical Performance Battery

  Physical performance measured with the Short Physical Performance Battery

  6 months (3 months follow up after end of intervention)

• Amount of moderate or intense physical activity assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire

  Self reported weekly minutes of moderate or intense physical activity

  6 months (3 months follow up after end of intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Amount of physical activity in exercise park equipment assessed with the question "Estimate in minutes the duration of any moderate or intense physical activity that you conducted last week in the exercise park equipment"

  6 months (3 months follow up after end of intervention)

• Fatigability measured with the Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale for Older Adults

  6 months (3 months follow up after end of intervention)

• Fatigability measured with the Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale for Older Adults

  3 months (e.g. at end of intervention)

• Functionality measured with the Late Life Function and Disability test

  6 months (3 months follow up after end of intervention)

• Functionality measured with the Late Life Function and Disability test

  3 months (e.g. at end of intervention)

Study Arms (2)

Exercise in park equipment

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention arm will attend a 3-month long program of 2 weekly one-hour exercise sessions in the exercise park equipment, guided by a physical therapist. The sessions will comprise a combination of aerobic, strength, balance and flexibility exercises. Up to 20 participants exercising simultaneously in the equipment under the guidance of an experienced LAPPSET physical therapist.

Other: Exercise in park equipment

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control arm will receive usual advice on healthy habits. During the study, they will be offered to attend the talks on healthy living for elderly periodically organised by their primary care centre (CAP Vallcarca - Sant Gervasi). At the end of the study, they will be invited to an exercise session at the exercise park equipment, conducted by the study physical therapist.

Interventions

Exercise in park equipment OTHER

Exercise in park equipment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 70 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals aged 70 years or more
• Insufficiently active, defined as a person who does not meet the physical activity recommendations of World Health Organization (30 minutes per day of moderate physical activity (including active leisure and travel), 5 days a week; or 30 minutes per day of vigorous physical activity, 3 days a week).

You may not qualify if:

• The individual refers not being able to walk 400 meters in 15 minutes or less without having to sit, lean, use a walker or require the assistance of another person.
• Moderate or severe cognitive impairment (MiniMental \<19).
• Serious disease that limits physical activity (heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, joint replacements in the last 12 months, severe limitations of range of motion).
• Serious mental illness that prevents participation.
• Prescription of neuroleptic medication.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundacio Salut i Envelliment UAB: lead
• Lappset Group Oy, España: collaborator
• Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili: collaborator
• Atenció Primària Vallcarca - Sant Gervasi: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

CAP Vallcarca-Sant Gervasi

Barcelona, Spain

RECRUITING

Fundació Salut i Envelliment

Barcelona, Spain

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Antoni Salvà, MD

  Fundació Salut i Envelliment

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Eva Julià

CONTACT

+34 934 335 030; fsie@uab.cat

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2015
• First Posted: March 2, 2015
• Study Start: December 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2015
• Study Completion: October 1, 2015
• Last Updated: March 2, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02

Locations

ES (2)