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Fitness and Daily Function in Adults

NCT00018265 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2009-01-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of aerobic fitness on the ability of able and disabled older adults to perform daily functional activities. Subjects are tested in their oxygen use patterns as they perform a series of functional tasks (such as walking on stairs) and following a 24-week training program focused on improving the ability to perform daily tasks likely requiring aerobic fitness (such as walking on stairs).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Task specific endurance training

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Donald Dengel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-10-31
Completion
2003-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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