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Lower Extremity Muscle and Function in the Elderly: Study 2

NCT01614392 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2018-12-10

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Summary

This research study is looking to compare the effects of two uniquely different power training interventions (high force, lower velocity versus low force, high velocity) on changes in mobility status among older individuals at risk for mobility disability.

Conditions

  • Mobility Limitation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

High velocity low force Power Training

Lower Extremity high velocity power training performed at lower external resistance (40% of the 1 repetition maximum muscle strength). Leg and knee extension exercises were performed twice per week (3 sets of each exercise consisting of 10 repetitions).

BEHAVIORAL

Low velocity high force Power Training

Lower extremity low velocity power training performed at high external resistance (70% of the 1 repetition maximum muscle strength). Leg and knee extension exercises were performed twice per week (3 sets of each exercise consisting of 10 repetitions).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tufts University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roger A Fieilding, Ph D. · Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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