Effects of 6-Week Home-Based Stretching and Eccentric Exercise Interventions on MuscleTendon Properties and Functional Performance in Older Wome
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- heathy older adultextensibility, eccentric, stretching exercise, musculotendinous stiffness, elderly
- Registration Number
- TCTR20230321013
- Lead Sponsor
- The Allied Health Sciences Research Fund
- Brief Summary
All home-based programs had equally advantage for flexibility improvement. ECC training additionally resulted in a higher eccentric strength and an increase the fast gait speed after 6-week in old females.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 51
Inclusion Criteria
aged 60 to 75 who agreed with the physical activity readiness questionnaire and could walk independently.
Exclusion Criteria
Any involvement in neuromuscular or skeletal injury associated with lower extremities or lower back in the previous six months, regular stretching or strengthening training regimen, the inability to follow the instruction during the assessment, having moderate back or lower extremities pain (visual analog scale more than 3/10), and obesity (BMI ore than 24.9 kgm2)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Musculotendinous ultrasound imaging pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up B-mode ultrasonography,Range of motion pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up SLR and passive DF
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Passive joint stiffness pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up The slope of the passive torque-angle relationship,Eccentric strength pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up maximum voluntary eccentric,Functional performances pre-training, a few days after 6-week of training, and 1 month detraining follow-up 5TSTS and TUG and 10-MFWT