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NCT Number: NCT03951688

Multi-modal Exercise Program in Older Adults

Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in older adults.

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Key information

Conditions

Community-dwelling Older Adults

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera

Moncada, Valencia, 46113, Spain

About this study

  • Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a 16 weeks home-based multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in community-dwelling older adults.
  • Design: randomized controlled trial.
  • Setting: home-based intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 65 years
  • Community-dwelling

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to ambulate independently
  • Mini-mental state examination score < 24
  • Barthel Index score < 80
  • Unstable cardiovascular disease
  • Neurological disorder that could compromise exercising
  • Upper or lower-extremity fracture in the past year

Treatment and study plan

Experimental-Multi-modal exercise program

Other

Each home-based session (48) starts with 7 minutes of moderate warm-up exercises focusing on mobility and flexibility. Secondly, the strengthening exercises consist of knee extensions, knee flexions, hip abductions, ankle plantar flexions, and ankle dorsiflexions. Thirdly, a set of balance exercises including knee bends, backwards walking, walking and turning around, sideways walking, tandem stance, tandem walk, one leg stand, heel walking, toe walking, toe to heel walking backwards, sit-to-stand, and stair walking.

Finally, participants are instructed to walk at their usual pace for at least 10 minutes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Timed 'Up-and-Go' test (TUG)

    Time frame: 16 weeks

    The participants are instructed to stand up from a standard chair of 45 cm height, walk 3 metre, turn around a cone, return to the chair, and sit down again in the shortest time possible without running. Two trials are performed, and the quicker time in seconds is recorded. Shorter time indicates better performance.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Repeated chair stand test (STS-5)

    Time frame: 16 weeks

    The participants are instructed to stand from a chair five successive times as quickly as possible without the assistance of their arms. Shorter time indicates better performance.

  2. One-Leg Stand test (OLS)

    Time frame: 16 weeks

    Participants are instructed to start the test from a standing position with their eyes open and arms at their sides, choose a leg to stand on, flex the opposite knee, allowing the foot to clear the ground, and stand unassisted on one leg as long as possible. Longer time indicates better performance.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cardenal Herrera University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of a Multi-modal Exercise Program in Community-dwelling Older Adults

Acronym: MME-CDOA

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
May 15, 2019
Registry last updated
Feb 6, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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