Functional Activity Strength Training

NCT ID: NCT05697497

Last Updated: 2025-07-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 102 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-01-06

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized trial of 100 older adults with mobility disability, who performed a similar brief daily, resistance training program. The investigators set out to answer the following question "Will a digital, brief daily exercise program be feasible, acceptable, and effective among older adults with walking limitations?" To answer that question, participants were assigned to an intervention or delayed-treatment control group. Intervention participants were assigned to complete two 30-second lower body exercises and two 30-second upper body exercises. Fitness tests were completed remotely three times during the 12-weeks (i.e., at baseline, week 6, week 12).

Detailed Description

This is a 12-week delayed-control randomized trial to answer the following question "Will a digital, brief daily exercise program be feasible, acceptable, and effective among older adults with walking limitations?" Participants who screen eligible will be assigned to one of four conditions, an immediate workout group, an immediate workout group with activity monitor, a delayed workout group or a delayed workout group with activity monitor. Participants will complete a daily 4-minute exercise routine at home and to record their results using an electronic survey. Other outcome measurements will be conducted remotely at baseline, 6, and 12 weeks.

The investigators hypothesize that participants in the AMRAP condition will report significant reductions in functional physical limitations, increased gait speed, and increased physical performance (i.e., increased exercise repetitions) from baseline to 6 weeks compared to those randomized to the delayed-treatment control.

Conditions

Walking, Difficulty

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Intervention Condition

The exercise intervention consists of a 4 minute daily routine that includes 2 upper body and 2 lower body exercises.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Daily exercise intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants will complete four exercises each day, The first two weeks they will be instructed to complete as many repetitions as possible, each day, for 15 seconds and progressing to 30 seconds per exercise after the first two weeks. Participants are asked to increase their goal repetitions by 1 or 2 from their previous best each week. For all exercises with modifications, we will encourage participants to move to the next most difficult modification once they can do 15 repetitions of that exercise.

Delayed-Treatment Control Group

The exercise intervention consists of a 4 minute daily routine that includes 2 upper body and 2 lower body exercises. Participants in the this arm will not start the exercise intervention until the day after the week 12 assessment.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Daily exercise intervention

Participants will complete four exercises each day, The first two weeks they will be instructed to complete as many repetitions as possible, each day, for 15 seconds and progressing to 30 seconds per exercise after the first two weeks. Participants are asked to increase their goal repetitions by 1 or 2 from their previous best each week. For all exercises with modifications, we will encourage participants to move to the next most difficult modification once they can do 15 repetitions of that exercise.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 65 and older
• Difficulty with walking
• Providers must provide consent for their patient
• Access to the internet
• Must have a camera on computer, tablet, or smartphone
• Fluent in Egnlish

Exclusion Criteria

• Chest pain or a heart condition on the PAR-Q
• Planning to have surgery in the next 3 months
• Cognitive impairment
• Unable to exercise
• Being currently physically active

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Christopher Sciamanna, MD, MPH

Professor and Vice Chair for Research Affairs, Department of Medicine

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

STUDY00016054

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id