Early Detection of Disability and Health Promotion for Community-dwelling Elderly

NCT03607136 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: IRB106-75-A-2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effects of exercise intervention on muscle strength and walking speed for the community-dwelling elderly. Half of the participants will receive exercise training, while the other half will maintain their usual activities of daily living.

Conditions

Elderly; Sarcopenia

Keywords

early detection; health promotion; community-dwelling; elderly

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Walking speed

  Participants are asked to walk along a 14 m hallway. The time taken to the middle 10 m is recorded to calculate walking speed (m/s).

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

• Muscle strength

  Muscle strength is assessed using hand-hold Dynamometers

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Timed up and go test

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

• Walking endurance

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

• Sit-to-stand test

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

• Berg balance scale

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

• Gait kinematics

  Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

exercise training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the exercise training group received a 12-week exercise training.

Other: exercise training

control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control group did not receive any specific training programs instead of maintaining their usual activities of daily living.

Interventions

exercise training OTHER

Aerobic exercises, strengthening exercises, flexibility training for 60min, twice a week for 12 weeks

exercise training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age greater than 50 years
• able to follow simple instructions
• willing to participate and sign consent form

You may not qualify if:

• unstable angina or epilepsy
• severe visual deficits
• cognitive dysfunction
• other musculoskeletal conditions that will limit mobility

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sarcopenia

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Atrophy; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Atrophy; Pathological Conditions, Anatomical; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2018
• First Posted: July 31, 2018
• Study Start: August 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2019
• Study Completion: July 1, 2020
• Last Updated: July 31, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-07