Exercise Intervention for Patients With Sarcopenia or Frailty in Long-term Care Institutions
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome of decreased muscle volume with muscular function decline. There is more tendency for sarcopenic elderly to be frail, disabled, or have cardiovascular disease. Compared to those who are not sarcopenic, they also had worse prognosis in response to treatment for definite diseases, and spend more medical cost. Exercise appears to have an important role in management of sarcopenia. In the current study, the investigators provide an exercise program, including resistance/balance training for the elderly with sarcopenia or frailty in long-term care institution, and evaluate the effect.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Aug 2018
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 24, 2018
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 27, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 29, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 31, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 31, 2019
CompletedAugust 13, 2019
August 1, 2019
9 months
August 27, 2018
August 9, 2019
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Muscle strength
grasp strength by dynamometer
after 16-weeks training
walk speed
6-meter walk test
after 16-weeks training
Study Arms (2)
Group exercise program by coach
EXPERIMENTALSelf exercise
SHAM COMPARATORInterventions
Patients in experimental group attend group exercise program, instructed by fitness trainer, at long-term care institutions. Frequency: 3 times per week. Type: resistance/flexibility/balance training, including warm-up and cold-down. Duration: 1 hour per time, for 16 weeks.
Patients in control group receive oral education for self exercise program, mainly resistance muscle training. Patients are requested to do self-training for 16 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- \>20-year-old
- diagnosed with sarcopenia (by the definition from Asia workgroup for sarcopenia, AWGS) or frailty (The Fried model, based on five functional criteria)
You may not qualify if:
- Severe medical diseases or mental problems, which result in difficulty to follow exercise program.
- Inability to get down from bed for activity due to disease, such as neuropathy or orthopedic disease.
- High risk group for exercise program, such as those with unstable fracture or nonunion fracture.
- Anyone who didn't want attend this study.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Bor-Ay Sweet home
Keelung, 205, Taiwan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Wen-Chun Tseng
Chang Gung Medical Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Physiatrist, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 27, 2018
First Posted
August 29, 2018
Study Start
August 24, 2018
Primary Completion
May 31, 2019
Study Completion
May 31, 2019
Last Updated
August 13, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-08