NCT04053920
Completed
Not Applicable
Resistance Exercise Training at Different Intensities in Healthy and Frail Older People: A Feasibility Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Muscle strength
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of the current study, therefore, is to determine the feasibility of recruitment and adherence to resistance exercise training interventions performed at low and high loads, to volitional muscular failure, in a trial population that includes both healthy and frail older people.
Investigators
Stuart Gray
Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Metabolic Health
University of Glasgow
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Over age of 65 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current participation in an exercise programme
- •Exercise deemed unsafe by clinical team
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Muscle strength
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks
Knee extensor maximal torque during an isometric MVC
Secondary Outcomes
- One-repetition maximum(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
- Short performance physical battery test(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
- Muscle strength(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
- Vastus lateralis muscle thickness(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
- Biomechanics during walking and stair climbing(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
- Quality of life measure(Change from baseline to 8 weeks)
Study Sites (1)
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