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Exercise Intervention in Institutionalized Elderly People

NCT01646632 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2012-07-20

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Summary

Questions: Does an evidence-based exercise program increase activities of daily living and physical fitness in institutionalized older adults? Does this program decrease the care dependency of institutionalized older adults? Design: A randomized control trial using group-based exercise was performed in 14 assisted-living facilities for the elderly (\>70 years old).

Outcome measures: Outcome measures were performance on ADL, physical fitness, and care dependency measures. The exercise program comprised group-based progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training. The control intervention comprised social group meetings.

Conditions

  • Fragility
  • Physical Disability

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical exercise intervention

the experimental intervention included group- based progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training, two times a week, one hour sessions, lasting 16 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counseling

the control intervention included recreational sessions, including talks, video's, music, board games etc. No physical activity was involved in the control intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Center Groningen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cees P van der Schans, Prof., PhD · Hanze University Applied Science Groningen The Netherlands

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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