Detection of Clinical-functional Changes Following Exercise Therapy and Neuroscience Education in Institutionalised and Community-dwelling Older Adults Diagnosed With Sarcopenia

NCT ID: NCT05875597

Last Updated: 2023-05-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-03-02
• Study Completion Date: 2023-10-30

Brief Summary

Nowadays, ageing is an important aspect to consider from a social, healthcare and economic perspective. For this reason, it is necessary to focus on all the elements which can help staying healthy and active in old age. Physical activity and exercise are one of these, and more specifically resistance training.

Detailed Description

Recently, it is been evidenced that physical activity and exercise are an important coping strategy to get what is called "active ageing". However, it is still under discussion some key aspect, like the training type or the optimal dose, among others. There is a modality of resistance training which it has not been sufficiently studied in old age population: the high intensity interval training. It has been demonstrated in other population (like cardiovascular patients or cancer survivor patients) that this modality of training can improve a lots their physical condition. Furthermore, it produces a higher adhesion to the training program, because it does not require so long time like another type of training. For this reason, the aim of this investigation is to assess how implement this modality of training on elderly people with sarcopenia.

Conditions

Resistance Training; Aged; Nursing Homes; Sarcopenia

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Experimental Group Exercise

Participants will be required to undertake a strength oriented physical therapy exercise programme.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical therapy exercise programme

Intervention Type: OTHER

Carrying out a programme of therapeutic physical exercise for 12 weeks, twice a week for 45 minutes.

Control Group

Participants will not engage in a strength oriented therapeutic physical exercise programme.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Physical therapy exercise programme

Carrying out a programme of therapeutic physical exercise for 12 weeks, twice a week for 45 minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Older adults aged 55 years or older.
• Living in an institutionalised setting or community-dwelling older adults living in the province of Badajoz or Cáceres.
• Voluntarily participating in the study.
• Who had a diagnosis of sarcopenia/fragility in the last year.
• Submit a prescription from the centre's medical practitioner to participate in the study as physiotherapy intervention would be appropriate and potentially beneficial.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with cognitive impairment (score ≥24 in the validated Spanish version for general older adults of the Mini-Mental Status Examination).
• Unable to tolerate moderate physical activity due to cardiovascular or respiratory disease.
• With balance disorders other than those caused by ageing such as dizziness or vestibular disorders requiring the ingestion of medication with a potential effect on balance, as well as balance disorders secondary to the ingestion of any medication or other medical causes.
• At high risk of falling (≥ 51 points on the MORSE scale).
• At high risk of falling (≥ 51 points on the MORSE scale).
• At high risk of falling (≥ 51 points on the MORSE scale).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Extremadura

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Luis Espejo Antunez

Ph.D. Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Luis Espejo Antúnez

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad de Extremadura

Locations

Rosalba Nursing Home

Mérida, Badajoz, Spain

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Spain

Central Contacts

Luis Espejo Antunez

Role: CONTACT

luisea@unex.es

650057024

Luis Espejo Antúnez

Role: CONTACT

luisea@unex.es

650057024

Facility Contacts

Luis Espejo Antunez

Role: primary

luisea@unex.es

650057024

Luis Espejo Antúnez

Role: backup

luisea@unex.es

650057024

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LEAntunez

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