Effect of Suspension Training in the Elderly

Francesco Campa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Effects of Suspension Training

Treatments: Other: Physical activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03384264

28102016

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to analyze the effects of a 12-week suspension exercise training programme on handgrip strength (HG) and anthropometric and bioelectrical impedance parameters in older adults.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

non-hypertensive and not receiving hormonal replacement therapy,

Exclusion criteria

performing any regular physical exercise more than once a week over the 6 months preceding the beginning of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

TG

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Physical activity

CG

No Intervention group

Description:

the CG maintained their normal physical activity habits over the study