Interval-Brisk Walking in Healthy Older Adults

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy older adults; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN38841551
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Southampton (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. English literacy
2. Age 65 to 75 years
3. Accessible by telephone
4. Vision and hearing adequate to complete the tasks administered in this study
5. Signed informed consent (not by proxy)
6. Nonsmoker
7. At least 30 minutes of physical activity at least 3 days per week

Exclusion Criteria

1. Orthopedic and gait influencing conditions (e.g. severe chronic low back pain)
2. Cognitive deficits (e.g. self-reported diagnosis of Alzheimer?s disease)
3. Medical contraindication to exercise or severe coexisting disease which would interfere with performance
3.1. current cancer
3.2. major surgery within the last year
3.3. current infectious disease
3.4. recent unhealed fractures
3.5. disorders with a highly variable course (e.g. multiple sclerosis)
3.6. falls with fracture
3.7. recurrent falls
3.8. neurologic disease
3.9. seizure disorder
3.10. Huntington?s disease
3.11. Parkinson?s disease
3.12. hepatic failure
3.13. renal failure
3.14. cerebrovascular events
3.15. class A-3 or higher (American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] 1998).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified