Compare the Agility Exercise and Resistance Exercise on Physical Function and Stability in Osteoporotic Women

Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Status: Completed

Conditions: Balance Stability; Postmenopausal Osteoporosis; Physical Function; Agility Exercise; Fall Prevention

Treatments: Biological: Physical training of agility; Biological: Physical training of resistance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06457308

TainanHMHW

Details and patient eligibility

About

Osteoporosis weakens bones with age, increasing fracture risk. Exercise improves physical function and reduces falls, crucial for preventing osteoporotic fractures, especially with balance, resistance, and multi-component training. Agility exercise, integrating various aspects like aerobic, strength, balance, and cognitive tasks, is promising for fall prevention in older adults, though its effectiveness in osteoporosis is not extensively studied.

This study compares agility and resistance exercise impacts on physical function and balance stability in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Fifty-one women (average age: 68±6.3y, BMI: 22.3±2.7 kg/m2) were divided into agility exercise (AG), resistance exercise (RG), and control groups (CG) through purposive sampling. AG and RG received added intervention training once a week for 2 hours over 12 weeks. Main outcomes included physical function and balance stability measured through various tests.

Full description

Main activities of agility training group (AG): Use rope ladders and cones to perform multiple tasks of direction changes, acceleration and deceleration of footsteps, hand and foot coordination and spatial orientation training.

Main activities of resistance training group (AG): Resistance training for upper and lower limb muscles and core muscles, including squats, use of elastic bands, and simple bars.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women with osteoporosis( diagnosed with DXA, T-score≦-2.5 in L-spine or hip)
• postmenopausal, more than 50 years old,

Exclusion criteria

• unable to attend the training sessions due to physical problems
• had joined previous exercise program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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51 participants in 3 patient groups

Agility exercise training.

Experimental group

Description:

Participants attend training class focused on agility training. Rope ladders and cones are used to perform multiple tasks of direction changes, acceleration and deceleration of footsteps, hand and foot coordination and spatial orientation training.

Treatment:

Biological: Physical training of agility

Resistance exercise training.

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants attend training class focused on resistance training. Resistance training for upper and lower limb muscles and core muscles, including squats, use of elastic bands, and simple bars.

Treatment:

Biological: Physical training of resistance

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants only receive osteoporosis education usual care.