Implementing Resistance Exercise to Reduce Frailty for Older Adult
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Resistance exercise
- Registration Number
- NCT02942992
- Lead Sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Brief Summary
To develop an intervention specifically targeted for these clients who have the frailty syndrome. The Investigators propose to develop an exercise intervention that can reduce frailty in older adults to facilitate their ability to age-in-place. The long-term objective of this work is to develop a package of interventions that can be administered within the existing Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver programs. The specific goal of this proposal is to develop a resistance exercise intervention to reduce frailty in older adults receiving long term care services in their home through the Illinois Community Care Program, a HCBS Waiver Program.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 126
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Resistance exercise Intervention Group
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of participants with frailty or pre-frailty as assessed by the SHARE-FI 26 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scores of self-reported overall health as measured by the PROMIS-global health 26 weeks Quadriceps muscle strength as assessed by the 30 second chair rise test 26 weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Northwestern Univiersity Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States