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Hiking Improves the Functional Autonomy

NCT00981734 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2009-09-22

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Summary

This is an experimental research study. The subjects were randomized into two groups: Experimental group (EG; n=58, age: 67 ± 6 old) and Control group (CG; n=40; age: 70 ± 6 old). All were physically active without strictly obeying in regularity of the program of physical activity.

The functional autonomy was evaluated by the amount of tests of Group Development of Latin American Maturity (GDLAM). It consists of hiking ten meters (C10m); standing up from the sitting position (SSP); to stand up from the ventral decubitus position (SSPVD); to stand up from a chair and be able to walk around your home (SCWH); and to be able to wear and remove a t-shirt (DTS). These tests have showed similar results in indice of GDLAM (IG). The intervention took place three times a week, with intensity that has varied between fifty five to seventy five per cent of the frequency maximum from heart.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Hiking

Three times by a week, thirty minutes, controlling heart frequency between fifty five per cent and seventy five per cent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Functional Autonomy older women · Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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