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Effect of Strength Training on Sleep Apnea in the Elderly

NCT02742792 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2017-10-23

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Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of strength training on sleep apneas in the elderly. Individuals aged between 65 and 80 years and that presenting apnea-hypopnea index between 20 and 50 events per hour, measured by out-of-center portable polysomnography, will be recruited. Those included will be randomized to two groups: Intervention: consisted of 12 weeks, twice a week, of strength training; or control: consisted of lifestyle recommendations.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training

Twenty-four strength training sessions consisted in exercises of extension and flexion knees, lat pull-down, elbow extension and flexion, sitting bench press and hip abduction.

OTHER

Advice on Lifestyle

Patients receive advice on lifestyle. Patients will be asked to participate in the elderly group meetings the basic health unit linked to the hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Denis Martinez, PhD · Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Cardiology Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA - UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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