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Sarcopenia and Combined-modality Exercise

NCT04806152 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2021-03-19

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Summary

This study examined the effects of combined-modality exercise training (resistance, endurance, flexibility and balance) on muscle mass, muscle function and physical activity in community-dwelling elderly living in Jamaica who had been characterised as having sarcopenia.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

High intensity exercise

Supervised high-intensity combined-modality exercise was administered to participants in the exercise arm for 3 times per week for 6 months. A post-exercise recovery protein drink (31g whey-based) was given within 15 minutes after each supervised exercise session.

OTHER

Usual care home exercise

Walking 30 minutes, chair rises and flexibility exercises for trunk and upper extremities 5 days per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of The West Indies

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Boyne, MD · UWI Department of Medicine

  • Terrence Forrester, PhD · UWI Solutions for Developing Countries

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-02
Primary Completion
2020-03-20
Completion
2020-03-20

Countries

  • Jamaica

Study Locations

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Diseases

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