Acute effect of the squat exercise on the guided bar performed with different training strategies on the risk of falling in elderly women with no experience in resistance training

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal diseases; Frail Elderly; Physical Functional Performance; M01.060.116.100.540; N01.400.545.750

• Registration Number: RBR-7nnrdv
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal da Paraíba

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

women; age between 60 and 75 years; postmenopausal women with an interval greater than or equal to 12 months in relation to the last menstruation; have not undergone hormone therapy until 3 months before the study; not having a heart transplant; using a pacemaker or having arrhythmias; present a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 30 kg / m2; be classified as Active” according to the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) long version; functionally independent (greater than 103 points in the general score) according to the Functional Independence Measure - MIF and not being strength training practitioners; not having any medical contraindication for physical exercise (eg, fractures, surgeries and / or osteo-myo-articular injuries); non-diabetic or with controlled diabetes; normotensive or controlled hypertension less than 150/100 mmHg; 10) without infectious diseases; have the cognitive performance evaluated positively (illiterate between 20 and 24 points; 1 to 4 years of schooling between 25 and 26 points; from 5 years of schooling between 26 and 27 points; from 9 and 11 years of schooling with 28 points; and greater than or equal to 11 years of schooling with greater than or equal to 29 points) through the Mini Mental State Examination - MEEM; no vestibular problems and complaints of dizziness according to the Dizziness Handicap Inventory - DHI questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

do not obtain frequency of 100% of the proposed visits; reporting consumption of dietary supplements; alcoholic beverages 24 hours before the scheduled visit; diseases that make it impossible for them to continue in the training program (eg, musculoskeletal or cardiovascular aggravation); and obtain inadequate completion of any of the tests, as well as the experimental sessions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified