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Resistance Training to Optimize Health in Pre-frail Older Adults

NCT02593084 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2018-04-18

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Summary

Exercise programs, particularly resistance training programs using weights or resistance bands, can help improve or maintain mobility and function in older adults, preserve independent living, and improve quality of life. This study will examine the safety and feasibility of a novel, higher intensity resistance training program in older adults, and compare the effects with standard care, lower intensity training. It is anticipated that both programs will be safe and feasible, but higher-intensity training will lead to greater improvements in quality of life, mobility and strength, which are part of the physical phenotype definition of frailty and markers of mobility disability.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Higher Intensity Resistance Training

Bi-weekly resistance training for 12 weeks using multi-joint movements involving both upper and lower extremities (e.g squats). Participants will perform 3-5 sets of 3-6 repetitions at Rating of Perceived Exertion 8/10. The intervention will be administered by a Physical Therapist or trained fitness professional.

BEHAVIORAL

Lower Intensity Resistance Training

Bi-weekly resistance training for 12 weeks using single-joint movements involving both upper and lower extremities (e.g leg extension). Participants will perform 3-5 sets of 8-10 repetitions at Rating of Perceived Exertion 5/10. The intervention will be administered by a Physical Therapist or trained fitness professional.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ada Tang, PT PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

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