Muscle strength measurements in the elderly subjects
- Conditions
- healthy elderly, muscle strength,
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20858
- Lead Sponsor
- K.W.DoumaHanze University of Applied Sciences.Research Group for Healthy Aging Allied Health Care and Nursing, UMC Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion: Subjects have to be at least 65 and maximal 85 years of age. Able to walk at least 20 meters with or without support and be able to rise form a chair without help.
Exclusion Criteria
Systolic and diastolic blood pressures which exeed 159/100 respectively, surgical interventions, osteoporosis, dementia, chronic prednisone use, cerebro vascular accidents within the last half year, cognitive impairments witch influence mobility and-or the understanding or performance of the measurements.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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