Early Detection of Disability and Health Promotion for Community-dwelling Elderly

July 23, 2018 updated by: Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Department of Physical Therapy, Tzu Chi University

This study evaluates the effects of exercise intervention on muscle strength and walking speed for the community-dwelling elderly. Half of the participants will receive exercise training, while the other half will maintain their usual activities of daily living.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Physical inactivity can result in physical frailty and sarcopenia. Physical frailty and sarcopenia are two common and mostly overlapping geriatric conditions, which may cause negative consequences of aging, such as disability, hospitalization and mortality.

Regular physical activity has been suggested to maintain or improve functional capacity and body composition, as well as delay aging process. Nevertheless, inactivity prevalence still significantly increases among older adults, especially those with a disability. One of the probable reasons is that the use of physical activities or exercise interventions is not tailored to the needs and capabilities of the elderly.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

50 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age greater than 50 years
  • able to follow simple instructions
  • willing to participate and sign consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

  • unstable angina or epilepsy
  • severe visual deficits
  • cognitive dysfunction
  • other musculoskeletal conditions that will limit mobility

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: exercise training
Participants in the exercise training group received a 12-week exercise training.
Aerobic exercises, strengthening exercises, flexibility training for 60min, twice a week for 12 weeks
No Intervention: control
Participants in the control group did not receive any specific training programs instead of maintaining their usual activities of daily living.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Walking speed
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Participants are asked to walk along a 14 m hallway. The time taken to the middle 10 m is recorded to calculate walking speed (m/s).
Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Muscle strength
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Muscle strength is assessed using hand-hold Dynamometers
Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Timed up and go test
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Participants are asked to stand up, walk 3 m, turn around a cone, and return to a sitting position
Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Walking endurance
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Participants are asked to walk back and forth along a 20-meter corridor and to cover the maximum distance possible in six minutes
Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Sit-to-stand test
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Participants are asked to stand up and sit down 5 times.
Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Berg balance scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
It consists of 14 items, including sitting unsupported, standing unsupported, standing with eyes closed, standing with feet together, standing on one foot, turning to look behind, retrieving objective from floor, random standing, reaching forward with an outsrptretched arm, sit to stand, stand to sit, transfer, turning 360 degrees, stool stepping, scored from 0 to 4, "0" indicates the lowest level of function and "4" the highest level of function. Total Score = 56.
Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Gait kinematics
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 12 weeks
Gait kinematics are assessed by angular displacement of lower limbs using shoe-worn inertial measurement unit based device
Change from baseline at 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

August 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2019

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 5, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 23, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

July 31, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 31, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 23, 2018

Last Verified

July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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