Exercise Impact in Elderly With Multimorbidity: HbA1c and Blood Pressure

Summary

The main objective of the study is to compare the effect of two different types of physical exercise modalities on glycated hemoglobin and blood pressure in elderly individuals with multimorbidity. The main characteristic of the proposal is that it is experimental, with two intervention groups with physical exercise that will be randomized in the order of participation of the groups and forwarded to the researchers regarding the evaluations and training periods. In addition, the study will be controlled, as it has a control group that will not perform any intervention with physical exercises during the study period. To allocate the participants in each exercise group and for the control group, the researchers will use the 1:1 method, the user will receive an automatic generator through the random.org website.

The main questions raised by the studies will be: Is land-based training more effective than aquatic training for this population in improving the primary outcomes? Is there a difference between training at these intensities and not doing any physical exercise in this population with these primary outcomes?

Participants in the 2 intervention groups will:

Train 3x per week for 10 weeks at intensities that will progress over the weeks.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Osteoarthritis
• Depression Disorders
• Multimorbidity
• Respiratory Disorders
• Sarcopenia in Elderly
• Dyslipidemia
• High Blood Cholesterol
• Obese Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

The workout routine for the Land Exercise (LE) group will be segmented as follows: A cardio segment (15-20 minutes) involving treadmill walking/running or cycling on the stationary bike; A strength training segment (35 minutes) comprising bench press, seated row, leg extension, squats, pull down, peck-deck, hamstring curls, curl-ups, and back extensions; and a cool-down phase (5-10 minutes) featuring stretching exercises.

OTHER

Control

The control group will not receive any formal indication or support to perform structured exercise training but will be allowed to engage in physical activity ad libitum.

OTHER

Exercise

The activities for the Water Exercise (WE) group will be divided into segments: An aerobic portion (15-20 minutes) involving water walking and jogging combined with arm movements; A resistance portion (35 minutes) including chest/upper back guidance, chest back press, behind-the-back press, pivoted shoulder press (upper body), and calf lifts, supported squats, outer/inner thigh scissors, and forward and back leg glide (lower body), and finally, a cool-down period (5-10 minutes) comprising stretching exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidade do Porto

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Daniel M Gonçalves, Professor · Universidade do Porto

• Victor Hugo V Carrijo, MsC. Physioterapy · Universidade do Porto

• Mario Jorge O Costa, Professor · Universidade do Porto

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-09-09

Primary Completion

2024-12-13

Completion

2025-01-31

Countries

• Portugal

Study Locations