The Influence of Movement Velocity Biofeedback on Muscle Activation and Self Perception in Older Adults With Sarcopenia

NCT ID: NCT06853275

Last Updated: 2025-05-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-31

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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The overall objective for this clinical trial is to provide evidence for internal and external cueing for physical therapists and other rehabilitation clinicians to optimize resistance training within rehabilitation for older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What is the impact of external focus (providing velocity of movement for each repetition) compared to internal focus (i.e., no cues, control group) on physical percent velocity loss and neuromuscular activation in older adults with sarcopenia?
* Does internal and external focus influence motivation and perceptual workload following resistance training in older adults with sarcopenia?

Researchers will compare external focus to internal focus to see if external focus impacts percent velocity loss, motivation, and perceived workload.

Participants will:

* Visit the lab once per week for 3 weeks
* Perform exercise testing using a leg press
* Answer questionnaires regarding perceived workload and motivation before and after exercise

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sarcopenia Sarcopenia in Elderly Age-associated Muscle Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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External Focus

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: External Focus

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will perform a short, standardized warm-up (1 set of 10 repetitions of 20% of the participant's estimated 1-repetition maximum). Following the warm-up, participants will perform 30 repetitions using 50% of their estimated 1-repetition maximum on a leg press machine. Participants will receive visual feedback from a linear position transducer for each repetition, indicating the speed of the last repetition/movement.

Internal Focus

Group Type OTHER

Other: Internal Focus

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Arm Description: Participants will perform a short, standardized warm-up (1 set of 10 repetitions of 20% of the participant's estimated 1RM). Following the warm-up, participants will perform 30 repetitions using 50% of their estimated 1-repetition maximum on a leg press machine. Participants will NOT receive visual feedback for each repetition. This is the control condition.

Interventions

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Experimental: External Focus

Participants will perform a short, standardized warm-up (1 set of 10 repetitions of 20% of the participant's estimated 1-repetition maximum). Following the warm-up, participants will perform 30 repetitions using 50% of their estimated 1-repetition maximum on a leg press machine. Participants will receive visual feedback from a linear position transducer for each repetition, indicating the speed of the last repetition/movement.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other: Internal Focus

Arm Description: Participants will perform a short, standardized warm-up (1 set of 10 repetitions of 20% of the participant's estimated 1RM). Following the warm-up, participants will perform 30 repetitions using 50% of their estimated 1-repetition maximum on a leg press machine. Participants will NOT receive visual feedback for each repetition. This is the control condition.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Community-dwelling older adults 60-95 years of age
* Physically independent
* Free of severe mental impairment
* Score 4 or greater on the SARC-F sarcopenia questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

* Participated in a structured resistance training program in the last 12 months
* Had a lower extremity injury or surgical intervention within the past 6 months
* Have neuromuscular (i.e., Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis), circulatory, or edema pathology
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

95 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Creighton University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD

Role: CONTACT

402-280-5691

Facility Contacts

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Shannon Walsh

Role: primary

402-280-2322

Other Identifiers

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2005068

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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