Active Retirement: Effects of the Application of a Training Program

NCT ID: NCT05398354

Last Updated: 2023-12-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-01

Study Completion Date

2023-07-30

Brief Summary

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The study will include 160 participants. They will be randomized into 2 groups, experimental and control. The intervention will take place over 24 weeks. Parameters of body composition, quality of life, physical activity, strength, flexibility, postural control, gait, agility and execution speed will be determined.

Detailed Description

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The intervention study will have a quasi-experimental, longitudinal and controlled design. The sample will participate in a supervised training program lasting 24 weeks, followed by a 1-year follow-up period. The sample will be divided into two groups, intervention group and control group.

The variables under study are physical activity in the last week; quality of life; lower and upper limb strength; flexibility of the lower and upper limbs; postural control; march; agility and execution speed. These variables will be evaluated in 4 moments: before the beginning of the training program; after 24 weeks of the program; after 6 months from the end of the program; and after 1 year.

A convenience sample will be recruited in the community of Almada, in partnership with the Municipality of Almada (CMA). The sample will be recruited according to the following inclusion criteria: residents in the municipality of Almada, individuals between 55 and 80 years of age, healthy people, who do not have prostheses (with the exception of dental prostheses), who have not undergone operations for over 6 months, and who can walk independently for up to 10 minutes. Participants will not be eligible if they are younger than 55 years of age or older than 80 years of age, have a musculoskeletal or neurological diagnosis and report a clinical cardiovascular diagnosis. Gender is not an exclusion criterion.

The training program will be carried out over a period of 24 weeks, with exercise sessions twice a week, lasting approximately 45 minutes each. The sessions were divided into three phases: initial phase; fundamental phase; and return to calm. Throughout the intervention, the sensorimotor training program will have a progressive increase in load, the exercises will be divided into 3 levels of intensity: easy, intermediate and advanced.

Conditions

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Training Sensorimotor Disorder

Keywords

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aging quality of life sensory motor training

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Randomization is performed using a random selection method from the waiting list and the data will be coded and transferred to the database, depending on the intervention group and control group. Data analysis will be done statistically.

Each participant will be randomly assigned to each group after signing the informed consent and conducting the initial assessments. All laboratory samples and data collected will be identified with identification ID, safeguarding the confidentiality of the collected data.

At the end of this study, all participants of the control group will be offered the same intervention as the exercise group.

Study Groups

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Active Retirement - intervention

The duration of the program is 24-weeks, 2-times a week, for up to 50 minutes per session. The sessions will be divided into three phases: the initial phase (10 minutes) will consist of a 5-minute walk followed by a joint warm-up; fundamental phase (25 minutes) will work in an exercise circuit, this circuit will consist of 4 cycles, with 8 exercises each, with a duration of 50 seconds and a rest of 15 seconds, for the exchange of exercise; and return to calm (10 minutes), where we will perform muscle stretching.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Active retirement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

During the intervention, the sensorimotor training program will have a progressive increase in load, the exercises will be divided into 3 levels of intensity: easy (without external load, during the first 8 weeks), intermediate (application of external load: elastic bands, shin guards and free weights, from the 9th to the 16th week) and advanced (increased external load compared to the previous level, from the 17th to the 24th week).

During the sessions we will still assess the intensity through the subjective perception of effort (RPE) scale. In addition, adherence and control of the level of control through the Physical Activity Enjoyment (PACES) survey applied to participants.

Active Retirement - control

The control group will only carry out the assessments and will be offered the same intervention as the intervention group at the end of the intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Active retirement

During the intervention, the sensorimotor training program will have a progressive increase in load, the exercises will be divided into 3 levels of intensity: easy (without external load, during the first 8 weeks), intermediate (application of external load: elastic bands, shin guards and free weights, from the 9th to the 16th week) and advanced (increased external load compared to the previous level, from the 17th to the 24th week).

During the sessions we will still assess the intensity through the subjective perception of effort (RPE) scale. In addition, adherence and control of the level of control through the Physical Activity Enjoyment (PACES) survey applied to participants.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged between 55 years and 80 years;
* Agree to participate in the study;
* Healthy people;
* People without prostheses (with the exception of dental prostheses);
* People who have not been operated on for less than 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

* People with musculoskeletal diagnosis;
* People with problems in locomotion;
* Psychiatric diseases and neurological disorders;
* People with a clinical cardiovascular diagnosis.
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Évora

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Carolina Alexandra Cabo

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Carolina A Cabo

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Évora

Locations

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Carolina Alexandra Cabo

Evora, , Portugal

Site Status

Countries

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Portugal

References

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Other Identifiers

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21040

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id