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Reducing Falls With Progressive Resistance Training for the Oldest Old Adults With Sarcopenia

NCT05691166 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 241

Last updated 2026-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will investigate the effects of 12 months of high-intensity progressive resistance training compared with a control group on fall-rate in older adults with sarcopenia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

High-intensity progressive resistance training

Supervised high-intensity progressive resistance training twice per week for 12 months

OTHER

General practitioner care

Referred to general practitioner (GP) for further follow-up. The GPs will be informed about participants sarcopenia status with results from assessments of muscle strength, muscle mass, and physical performance. The management of the sarcopenia is at the GPs own discretion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jonathan Berg, PhD · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • Øivind Rognmo, PhD · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-30
Primary Completion
2026-09-29
Completion
2028-09-29

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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