Balance Trainning for Sarcopenic Inpatients Aged 80+ Years

Yuxiang Liang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sarcopenia

Treatments: Behavioral: balance training; Behavioral: resistance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04216368

2019（596）

Details and patient eligibility

About

Resistance training and aerobic exercise have been recommended for sarcopenic patients. However, whether balance training would further benefit for sarcopenic patients on the basis of resistance training and aerobic exercise remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of balance training on improving the mobility of elderly patients with sarcopenia. Balance training involves doing exercises that strengthen the muscles that help keep the aged upright, including the legs and core. These kinds of exercises can improve stability and help prevent falls.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 80 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria：

• Sarcopenia defined by the Asia Working Group of Sarcopenia (AWGS)
• Agree to participant this study and sign the informed consent
• Aged 80 years or over

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who could not follow the training plan due to cognitive impairment, emotional problems or any other reasons;
• Severe heart and lung diseases;
• Renal insufficiency;
• Any type of tumor;
• Bedridden patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: resistance training

Behavioral: balance training

controlled group

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: resistance training