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The Effects of Low Resistance Training on the Residents in Nursing Homes

NCT02271308 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-10-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will examine the effects of low-resistance elastic band training on muscle strength, flexibility, quality of life and ease of care among the residents in nursing homes.

Conditions

  • Elderly Residents

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Low-resistance elastic band training

The residents in experimental group will receive a low-resistance elastic band training (30 minutes), including warm-up and cold-down period, three times per week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Li-Wei Lin, PhD. · Department of Nursing, Hung Kuang University

  • Shu-Hui Yeh, PhD. · Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital & Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • Taiwan

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