An interventional study of Group exercise program and Self exercise program in Sarcopenia, sponsored by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 110 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-08-13.
Sponsored by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome of decreased muscle volume with muscular function decline. There is more tendency for sarcopenic elderly to be frail, disabled, or have cardiovascular disease. Compared to those who are not sarcopenic, they also had worse prognosis in response to treatment for definite diseases, and spend more medical cost.
Exercise appears to have an important role in management of sarcopenia. In the current study, the investigators provide an exercise program, including resistance/balance training for the elderly with sarcopenia or frailty in long-term care institution, and evaluate the effect.
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This study's enrollment of 52 is below the median of 60 across 775 interventional studies indexed under Sarcopenia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: Group exercise program
Behavioral: Self exercise program
Patients in experimental group attend group exercise program, instructed by fitness trainer, at long-term care institutions. Frequency: 3 times per week. Type: resistance/flexibility/balance training, including warm-up and cold-down. Duration: 1 hour per time, for 16 weeks.
Patients in control group receive oral education for self exercise program, mainly resistance muscle training. Patients are requested to do self-training for 16 weeks.
Muscle strength
grasp strength by dynamometer
Time frame: after 16-weeks training
walk speed
6-meter walk test
Time frame: after 16-weeks training
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