Exercise Intervention for Patients With Sarcopenia or Frailty in Long-term Care Institutions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sarcopenia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Self exercise program; Behavioral: Group exercise program

• Registration Number: NCT03650907
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome of decreased muscle volume with muscular function decline. There is more tendency for sarcopenic elderly to be frail, disabled, or have cardiovascular disease. Compared to those who are not sarcopenic, they also had worse prognosis in response to treatment for definite diseases, and spend more medical cost.

Exercise appears to have an important role in management of sarcopenia. In the current study, the investigators provide an exercise program, including resistance/balance training for the elderly with sarcopenia or frailty in long-term care institution, and evaluate the effect.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-08-24
• Study First Submitted: 2018-08-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-29
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-31
• Study Completion: 2019-05-31
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

1. >20-year-old
2. diagnosed with sarcopenia (by the definition from Asia workgroup for sarcopenia, AWGS) or frailty (The Fried model, based on five functional criteria)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe medical diseases or mental problems, which result in difficulty to follow exercise program.
2. Inability to get down from bed for activity due to disease, such as neuropathy or orthopedic disease.
3. High risk group for exercise program, such as those with unstable fracture or nonunion fracture.
4. Anyone who didn't want attend this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Self exercise	Self exercise program	-
Group exercise program by coach	Group exercise program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
walk speed	after 16-weeks training	6-meter walk test
Muscle strength	after 16-weeks training	grasp strength by dynamometer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bor-Ay Sweet home; 🇨🇳 Keelung, Taiwan