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A Comparison of Weighted Vest Exercise and Strength Training

NCT00158119 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2010-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate two types of exercise therapy designed to improve muscle power and mobility: weighted vest exercise vs. progressive resistance training.

Conditions

  • Mobility Limitations
  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

InVEST (Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital PM&R

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS · Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2007-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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