Effect of Two Years of Resistance Training on Muscular Strength, Body Composition, Functional Fitness, Metabolic Biomarkers, Cognition, and Cardiac Parameters in Postmenopausal Women: Longitudinal Study Active Aging
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Aging
- Sponsor
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Body Fat
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Aging is a natural process of the life cycle that can result in morphological, neuromuscular, metabolic, physiological, cognitive and behavioral changes that can compromise quality of life, autonomy, self-esteem, health and life expectancy, especially in the elderly. On the other hand, resistance training (RT) has been widely recommended for the elderly population, due to the numerous health benefits it brings, such as increased strength and muscle mass, reduced body fat, increased bone mineral content and density, and improved cardiometabolic profile, among others. However, the effectiveness of RT in attenuating or reversing the deleterious effects of aging has been analyzed by studies conducted, in most cases, over relatively short periods, i.e., eight to 24 weeks. Considering that recent investigations have demonstrated a wide variation in the adaptive responses to RT in this population, it is likely that many of these responses are time-dependent. Additionally, the influence of important mediators and moderators in this process, especially training intensity and volume, dietary habits, the presence or absence of diseases and degenerative processes that cause disability, and the use of polypharmaceuticals, has not yet been well established. Therefore, based on the Active Aging Longitudinal Study, a research project initiated in 2012, it is intend to analyze whether or not RT practice can produce positive and lasting adaptive responses on muscle strength, body composition, functional fitness, cognition, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and cardiac function in postmenopausal women, based on a randomized controlled clinical trial over a long period of time (two years). In addition, mediation and moderation analyses will be used to understand the real impact of RT on the outcomes to be analyzed.
Investigators
Edilson Serpeloni Cyrino
Principal investigator, PhD
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •60 years of age or older;
- •physically independent;
- •not have cardiovascular, musculoskeletal or metabolic limitations that prevent the practice of physical exercises or the execution of motor tests;
- •not being on hormone replacement therapy;
- •not being involved in physical exercise more than once a week, over the six months prior to the start of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •not participating in at least 85% of the training and not attending the assessments.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Body Fat
Time Frame: from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026)
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry examinations were performed in a Lunar Prodigy device, model NRL 41990 (General Electric, Madison, WI), to determine the total, regional lean soft tissue (LST), appendicular LST (ALST), and the total body, trunk, gynoid, and android fat masses (all these outcomes are presented in kilograms). Participants were instructed to remove all metal objects before scanning to minimize possible estimation errors. Scans were performed with participants lying in the supine position along the table's longitudinal centerline axis. Feet were secured together at the toes to immobilize the legs while the hands were maintained in a pronated position within the scanning region. A skilled researcher carried out both calibration and analysis, following the manufacturer's recommendations. The software generated standard lines that separated the limbs from the trunk and head.
Muscle mass
Time Frame: from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026)
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry examinations were performed in a Lunar Prodigy device, model NRL 41990 (General Electric, Madison, WI), to determine the total, regional lean soft tissue (LST), appendicular LST (ALST), and the total body, trunk, gynoid, and android fat masses (all these outcomes are presented in kilograms). Participants were instructed to remove all metal objects before scanning to minimize possible estimation errors. Scans were performed with participants lying in the supine position along the table's longitudinal centerline axis. Feet were secured together at the toes to immobilize the legs while the hands were maintained in a pronated position within the scanning region. A skilled researcher carried out both calibration and analysis, following the manufacturer's recommendations. The software generated standard lines that separated the limbs from the trunk and head.
Secondary Outcomes
- Cardiovascular risk factors(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Set shifting(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Cardiac function(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- MoCA(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Stroop test(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Verbal fluency tasks(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Depressive symptoms(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Anxiety symptoms(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))
- Bone(from begining (November 2023) to the end 48 weeks of resistance training (November 2026))