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Lower Limb Resistance Training in Older Inpatients

NCT02141126 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-03-12

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Summary

The primary aim of this feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility of delivering a PRT programme in an inpatient older person rehabilitation setting and to describe changes in lower limb strength and physical function following six weeks of resistance training and routine physiotherapy versus a control group of routine physiotherapy only in an older inpatient population.

Conditions

  • Muscle Weakness

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training

Usual physiotherapy care and twice weekly tailored and progressive resistance lower limb exercises Circuit-type format, sessions will last 35 minutes and will include a warm-up and cool-down period. Exercises tailored to each patient and will use ankle weights as the resistance, using 65-75% of their 1-Repetition Maximum. Intervention will last for 6 weeks.

OTHER

Usual care

Standard inpatient 'usual care' physiotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. James's Hospital, Ireland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sinead Coleman, MSc · St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

  • Frances Horgan, PhD · Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

  • Niamh Murphy, MSc · St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

  • Gareth Clifford, MSc · St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

  • David Robinson, MD · St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

  • Conal Cunningham, MD · St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-01
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2019-09-01

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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