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The Effectiveness of Lower Extremity Strength Training

NCT07183969 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

The increase in chronic schizophrenia patients with sarcopenia is currently an important healthcare issue in Taiwan and requires enhanced prevention and progress. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with chronic schizophrenia and to explore the effect of lower limb strength training on the physical functional performance of patients with chronic schizophrenia and sarcopenia. This study adopted a quasi-experimental design method, and the research process was divided into two stages. In the first stage, the SARC-CalF questionnaire was used to initially screen suspected chronic schizophrenia patients in a psychiatric hospital in central Taiwan. For sarcopenia cases, the skeletal muscle mass index (Skeletal Muscle Mass index) of suspected sarcopenia cases is further compared with the body composition analyzer (Inboby) to confirm the diagnosis of sarcopenia. Statistical analysis of the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with chronic schizophrenia. In the second phase of the study, 4 chronic disease areas (two chronic disease areas for men and women) were randomly divided into experimental groups and control groups. The experimental group received a 16-week lower limb muscle strength training program, while the control group received routine care. The two groups conducted one pre-test and two post-tests, and the measurement content included physical function performance (Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), sarcopenia quality of life (SarQoL), and fall incidence). It is expected that the development of a set of non-pharmacological care measures will help patients in chronic psychiatric wards to become independent and slow down the progression of sarcopenia.

Conditions

  • Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia

Interventions

OTHER

lower limb muscle strength training program

Each plyometric training session consists of warm-up stretching, lower limb plyometrics, and gentle stretching. Warm-up stretching, there are 6 movements, push the window, pull the rope, hands up, stretch from side to side, lift one foot and open and close both feet. Do 10 repetitions of each movement, 2 rounds, and keep breathing normally for a few repetitions. Lower Extremity Plyometrics: 3 rounds of 6 plyometrics with 1 minute of recovery time between each round. The six lower body plyometrics exercises are performed by gradually increasing the load in a manner that increases the number of seconds the exercise is held. Gentle Stretching: Continuous training of muscles makes them tense, stretching can lengthen muscle fibers, increase muscle elasticity, and improve blood circulation to eliminate post-training fatigue (H.K. Chen, 2022). Perform each gentle stretching movement left and right once, hold for 30 seconds each time, and keep breathing normally (no shutting up of breath).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-20
Primary Completion
2025-01-16
Completion
2025-01-26

Countries

  • Taiwan

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