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Optimizing Strength Training in Older Adults

NCT06812143 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2025-07-30

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Summary

The objective of the current study is to determine whether lifting lighter loads close to failure improves strength training adaptations and function in older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. The effect of light loads on physical function
2. The effect of light loads on muscle mass, power, and strength

Researchers will compare a light-load, high-repetition program to a standard strength training program. Participants will perform supervised strength training twice per week for 20 weeks.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Strength training

This intervention involves strength training with lighter loads and higher repetitions.

BEHAVIORAL

Strength training

This intervention involves conventional strength training with higher loads and moderate repetitions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Queens College, The City University of New York

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-05
Primary Completion
2026-12-25
Completion
2027-01-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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