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Integrated Care and Lower Extremity Strength Training Among Community-Dwelling Frail Older Adults in Taiwan

NCT02214485 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2014-08-12

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Summary

Objective: To determine the differential effectiveness of integrated care (IC) and lower extremity strength training (LEST) among community-dwelling frail older adults in Taiwan.

Method: The investigators randomize participants at Bei-Hu site from the "Intervention study of Geriatric Frailty, Osteoporosis, and Depression in a Community Based Randomized Trial" into 12 weeks of either IC or LEST. Outcome assessments are performed at baseline, 12 weeks and 6 months after initiation of the interventions.

Interventions:

1. IC: Participants visit the study site with health education, social activities, warm up, stretch, and low intensity resistance exercise for about 1 hour per week. If any medical problems or functional decline suspected during the visit, the case manager refers participants to their primary care physicians for further managements.
2. LEST: Participants receive 2 sessions of 30-minute lower extremity strength straining using isotonic strength training machines each week. The intensity is set at 60-80% of 1 repetition maximum (RM). Evaluation of the exercise protocol are repeated every 2 weeks for individualized adjustments

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

integrated care

Participants visit the study site with health education, social activities, warm up, stretch, and low intensity resistance exercise for about 1 hour per week. If any medical problems or functional decline suspected during the visit, the case manager refers participants to their primary care physicians for further managements.

BEHAVIORAL

lower extremity strength training

Participants receive 2 sessions of 30-minute lower extremity strength straining using isotonic strength training machines each week. The intensity is set at 60-80% of 1 repetition maximum (RM). Evaluation of the exercise protocol are repeated every 2 weeks for individualized adjustments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ching-Yu Chen, PHD · Department of Family MedicineNational Taiwan University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • Taiwan

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