Effects of Exercise Training on Functional Physical Fitness, Balance and Walking in the Community-dwelling Older Adults

This study aimed to determine whether a 12-week combined exercise intervention program with extra emphasis on balance, muscle strength, and walking ability was designed to improve functional fitness, balance, walking speed in community-dwelling older people.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Exercise
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: exercise intervention program

Detailed Description

1. Written informed consent must be obtained before any study specific procedures are undertaken.

2. The process of the experiment (brief describe)

1. The 30 participants of the experimental group will be recruited from the "community eldercare service" activities, and this group will receive a 12-week combined exercise intervention program with extra emphasis on balance, muscle strength, and walking ability. The other 30 community-dwelling older people of the comparison group who have been involved in a other regular exercise style will not receive our exercise intervention. The comparison group only receives 2 times measurement at an interval of 12 weeks.
2. Subjects completed medical histories, exercise histories, and information on lifestyles by questionnaire and physical examination before participation in the study to ensure they were free from exclusion criteria. The baseline measurements will be conducted before the exercise intervention.
3. The experimental group will receive a 12-week combined exercise intervention program with extra emphasis on balance, muscle strength, and walking ability which involved two 2-hour sessions per week. The exercise program contained aerobic exercises, activities of balance, coordination exercises, strength training, and walking training.
4. After 12 weeks group exercise, the experimental group will receive the second measurements.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Sanmin Dist
    • Kaohsiung City, Sanmin Dist, Taiwan, 80708
      • Li-Jiun Liaw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years to 81 years (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Independent in basic daily living activities
• At least one or more given assistance in the instrumental Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of neurological disease or heart disease
• Assessment do not suitable resistance exercise training, or cannot perform intense activity by doctor

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; The healthy elderly will be were recruited to participate in this study. All the subjects were independent in basic daily living activities, but at least one or more given assistance in the instrumental IADL assessment (ability to use telephone, shopping, food preparing, housekeeping, laundry, mode of transportation, responsibility for own medications, ability to handle finances). Their age should be ranged between 65 - 81 years.	Behavioral: exercise intervention program; The experimental group will receive a 12-week combined exercise intervention program with extra emphasis on balance, muscle strength, and walking ability which involved two 2-hour sessions once per week.
No Intervention: Comparison group; The healthy elderly will be were recruited to participate in this study. All the subjects were independent in basic daily living activities, but at least one or more given assistance in the instrumental IADL assessment (ability to use telephone, shopping, food preparing, housekeeping, laundry, mode of transportation, responsibility for own medications, ability to handle finances). Their age should be ranged between 65 - 81 years.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in performance of Physical fitness at 12-week	Senior Fitness test (30-second Chair Stand, 30-second Arm Curl, 2-minute Step, Chair Sit and Reach and 8 Foot Up-and-Go)	The assessments will be conducted before, immediately after intervention for the experimental group; two times of these assessments to be at an interval of 12 weeks are conducted for the comparison group
Changes in Balance and walking ability at 12-week	One leg standing, Five-repetition sit-to-stand test, Timed up-and-go test and Walking speed test	The assessments will be conducted before, immediately after intervention for the experimental group; two times of these assessments to be at an interval of 12 weeks are conducted for the comparison group

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
• Investigators: Study Director: Li-Jiun Liaw, Kaohsiung Medical University Department of Physical Therapy Associate Professor

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 12, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 6, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 6, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: KMUHIRB-F(I)-20180002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Currently in the submission stage ,and then share with other researchers after publication

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No