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High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance and Mental Health in Elderly With Sarcopenia

NCT07399301 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Sixty patients with age ranged from 60 to 70 years old with individuals who will be found to have sarcopenia will participate in the study, and will be recruited from nursing home in AL-Abadiyah.

Patients will be assigned into two equal groups randomly:

Group(A):N= 30

Patients in this group will receive high-intensity functional training exercises 3 times per week for 10 weeks. The initial duration of each session was 30 min, and it could be increased progressively, along with the intensity of the exercises, up to 50 min. All sessions included the following:

i. 5 min warm-up ii. 40 min functional training exercises. iii. 5 min cool-down. Group (B): N=30 Patients in this group will receive sham exercises. Sham interventions are methodological tools used to treat participants in the study arm and the control arm in exactly the same way, except that the study group receives an active substance and the control group does not.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Sarcopenia

Interventions

OTHER

High-Intenisity Functional Training

A) Awarm up: for 5 min.warm-up (predominantly stretching) of the neck, shoulders, lower back, hips, knees and ankles. B) Functional training exercises: The participants will be initially instructed to complete up to one set of 8 maximum repetitions for each type of exercise with first and second week, followed by two sets of 8 maximum repetitions in the third and fourth week, Then three sets of 12 maximum repetitions from the fifth week untile the end of the study. I. Sit to stand( Chair squats) II. Wall push up III. Overhead triceps extension IV. Leg kickbacks V. Wood chops exercise VI. Farmer's Carry training C) A cool down: for 5 min slow continuation of the activity, allows a more gradual reduction in heart rate and increased peripheral vascular resistance, with return of blood flow from the periphery Farmer's Carry training

OTHER

Sham

The participants in the control group will receive sham exercises that is commonly administrated as a light touch in the body or mimics the active treatment and aims at blinding of participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Research Ethical Committee Faculty of Physical Therapy - Cairo University · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2026-09-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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