A Phase 2 interventional study of Physical exercise intervention and Lifestyle counseling in Fragility and Physical Disability, sponsored by Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. Status unknown at 1 site in Netherlands. Open to participants aged 70 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-07-20.
Sponsored by Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Questions: Does an evidence-based exercise program increase activities of daily living and physical fitness in institutionalized older adults? Does this program decrease the care dependency of institutionalized older adults? Design: A randomized control trial using group-based exercise was performed in 14 assisted-living facilities for the elderly (>70 years old).
Outcome measures: Outcome measures were performance on ADL, physical fitness, and care dependency measures. The exercise program comprised group-based progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training. The control intervention comprised social group meetings.
To improve physical fitness, a combined exercise program including progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training will be used in a sample of institutionalized elderly people. The exercise program has a frequency of 2 times a week and a duration of 16 weeks. The intensity is moderate, measured on a 0-10 scale. The level of intensity is specified as follows: on a 10- point scale, where no movement is 0 and maximal effort of a muscle group is 10, moderate-intensity effort is a 5 or 6, and high- intensity effort is a 7 or 8. There is currently insufficient evidence that a combined exercise program, developed to improve physical fitness, can improve ADL performance and care dependency also.
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Progressive resistance training, balance training, functional training
Behavioral: Physical exercise intervention
Recreational sessions
Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling
the experimental intervention included group- based progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training, two times a week, one hour sessions, lasting 16 weeks.
Also known as: strength training, muscle training, coordination training
the control intervention included recreational sessions, including talks, video's, music, board games etc. No physical activity was involved in the control intervention.
Also known as: leisure time activities without physical activity
ADL performance in institutionalized elderly people
the intervention was either an group -based exercise program (the experimental intervention), or a recreational program (the control intervention), lasting 16 weeks, two times a week, including one hour sessions
Time frame: 16 weeks
Physical fitness in institutionalized older people
the intervention was either an group -based exercise program (the experimental intervention), or a recreational program (the control intervention), lasting 16 weeks, two times a week, including one hour sessions
Time frame: 16 weeks
Care dependency in institutionalized older people
the intervention was either an group -based exercise program (the experimental intervention), or a recreational program (the control intervention), lasting 16 weeks, two times a week, including one hour sessions
Time frame: 16 weeks
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