Band Together: Randomized Control Trial

Penn State Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Strength Training; Age 65 and Older

Treatments: Behavioral: Strength Training Program; Behavioral: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02337803

IRB1056

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of a strength training program using resistance bands to increase strength in adults ≥65 years old

Full description

Older adults in the US are in a difficult situation that is historically unprecedented. People born in 1930 were expected to live to age 59, yet they will live to an average age of 79. These dramatic survival increases, due to immunizations, antibiotics and other innovations [Centers for Disease, 2011], have occurred at the same time as dramatic reductions in daily energy expenditures, due to automobiles, washing machines and other labor-saving devices [Archer, 2013]. This has left adults living longer, yet weaker, less fit and more obese. In fact, most residents of nursing homes are not there because of dementia. Only 40% of long-term care facility residents in 2010 were diagnosed with dementia [Caffrey, 2012] and many of whom had a level of dementia which would not require nursing home placement by itself. Most residents of long-term care facilities, rather, are there because they lack the strength and fitness to care for themselves. As baby boomers retire, these factors are anticipated to greatly increase the need for long-term care, highlighted in a report from a Deloitte Consulting in 2010: "Medicaid Long-term Care: The ticking time bomb" [Keckley, 2010]. This pilot study will measure a significant increase in strength with the use of a 12 week strength training program.

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fluently read and speak English
• Willing to drive 3 times a week to Hershey Medical Center for most weeks
• Have a primary care physician
• Currently exercise ≤60 min per week

Exclusion criteria

• Doctor has said you have a heart condition and should only do physical activity recommended by doctor
• Feel pain in chest when doing physical activity
• Unable to obtain doctor's consent
• Currently participating in an exercise program
• Plans to move in the next 6 months
• Weight > 250
• Currently exercise ≥60 min per week

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Strength Training Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will meet three times a week for one hour strength training sessions for twelve weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Strength Training Program

Behavioral: Usual Care

Usual Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be given access to the strength training program after the twelve week study ends.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care