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Functional Mobility in the Elderly: Influence of Morphological, Neuromuscular and Training Parameters

NCT03206580 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2024-06-10

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Summary

Life expectancy and elderly population are increasing. Health professionals try to provide longevity with good quality of life for this population, through the functional independence maintenance. In this context, physical exercise has an important role, specially the strength training. The ability to produce muscle strength is positively associated with the functionality and independence of older people. Different types of strength training can lead to different neuromuscular and functional gains. These types of interventions can help health professionals to determine characteristics of training for the elderly, aiming the maintenance of their functional independence. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a concentric strength training versus a concentric-eccentric strength training for knee flexors and extensors on structural, neuromuscular and functional parameters in older people, as well as to investigate the effect of a detraining period. Additionally, the investigators will try to identify which structural and neuromuscular parameters of lower limbs are better related to the functionality.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Concentric training

Subjects will be submitted to 8 weeks (16 sessions) of a concentric training for knee flexors and knee extensors. This training will be performed in an isokinetic dynamometer at 70% of the subject's maximal voluntary isometric contraction.

OTHER

Concentric-Eccentric training

Subjects will be submitted to 8 weeks (16 sessions) of a concentric-eccentric training for knee flexors and knee extensors. This training will be performed in an isokinetic dynamometer at 70% of the subject's maximal voluntary isometric contraction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-15
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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