Muscle exercises for weak elderly.
- Conditions
- sarcopenia, accidental falls.C10.597.613.612.500N06.850.135.122
- Registration Number
- RBR-5byjd7
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ceilândia/ Universidade de Brasília
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Old people, aged oven than 70 years old; living in the community; retired, who do not perform regular physical activity (use of the IPAQ short version; with availability to participate in all stages of research.
presence of disabling orthopedic disease; current orthopedic disease in the past six months; decompensated blood pressure; sequel of neurological diseases, diabetic; obese (through corporal- mass index BMI); cognitive impairment moderate to severe evaluated by the mini- mental State Examination (MMSE); with moderate to severe depression evidence verified by the Geriatric depression Abbreviated Scale (GDS); in use of nutritional supplements to gain muscle mass or hormone replacement. Also the elderly who miss two consecutive days will be deleted.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome : to evaluate the muscle mass increase after functional training in sarcopenic elderly ;<br>Evaluation method : bioimpedance quadrupole brand inbody 720 for body composition analysis with emphasis on the following parameters : muscle mass , fat-free mass ;<br>Presentation of the method: the test will be performed before starting the intervention and at the end of the process (after 12 weeks).<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method