Band Together: Randomized Control Trial

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Age 65 and Older; Strength Training
• Interventions: Behavioral: Usual Care; Behavioral: Strength Training Program

• Registration Number: NCT02337803
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of a strength training program using resistance bands to increase strength in adults ≥65 years old

Detailed Description

Older adults in the US are in a difficult situation that is historically unprecedented. People born in 1930 were expected to live to age 59, yet they will live to an average age of 79. These dramatic survival increases, due to immunizations, antibiotics and other innovations \[Centers for Disease, 2011\], have occurred at the same time as dramatic reductions in daily energy expenditures, due to automobiles, washing machines and other labor-saving devices \[Archer, 2013\]. This has left adults living longer, yet weaker, less fit and more obese. In fact, most residents of nursing homes are not there because of dementia. Only 40% of long-term care facility residents in 2010 were diagnosed with dementia \[Caffrey, 2012\] and many of whom had a level of dementia which would not require nursing home placement by itself. Most residents of long-term care facilities, rather, are there because they lack the strength and fitness to care for themselves. As baby boomers retire, these factors are anticipated to greatly increase the need for long-term care, highlighted in a report from a Deloitte Consulting in 2010: "Medicaid Long-term Care: The ticking time bomb" \[Keckley, 2010\]. This pilot study will measure a significant increase in strength with the use of a 12 week strength training program.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-08
• Study First Posted: 2015-01-14
• Study Start: 2015-08
• Primary Completion: 2015-08
• Study Completion: 2015-08
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Fluently read and speak English
• Willing to drive 3 times a week to Hershey Medical Center for most weeks
• Have a primary care physician
• Currently exercise ≤60 min per week

Exclusion Criteria

• Doctor has said you have a heart condition and should only do physical activity recommended by doctor
• Feel pain in chest when doing physical activity
• Unable to obtain doctor's consent
• Currently participating in an exercise program
• Plans to move in the next 6 months
• Weight > 250
• Currently exercise ≥60 min per week

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual Care	Usual Care	Participants will be given access to the strength training program after the twelve week study ends.
Strength Training Group	Usual Care	Participants will meet three times a week for one hour strength training sessions for twelve weeks.
Strength Training Group	Strength Training Program	Participants will meet three times a week for one hour strength training sessions for twelve weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
One Repetition Maximum	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Bow and Arrow Strength Test	12 weeks
Hand Grip Test	12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States