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Resistance Exercise to Improve Flu Vaccine for Older Adults

NCT03736759 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2022-05-17

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Summary

This study evaluates whether resistance exercise will improve immune responses to the seasonal influenza vaccine in older adults. One third of the participants will perform exercise in the arm that receives the vaccine, one third of the participants will perform the same exercise in the arm that does not receive the vaccine, and one third will only receive the vaccine.

Conditions

  • Influenza, Human

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

10 sets of 5 repetitions of 80% of calculated one-repetition maximum weight of lateral side arm raise and biceps curls, alternating

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emily C LaVoy, PhD · University of Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-08
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2021-04-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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