Feasibility Clinical Study of NLA Tool-US

Nestlé

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01995682

12.34.NRC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is to evaluate the feasibility of the NLA tool, a combined assessment of nutritional and physical functional status, to provide personalized advice for the independence and mobility of elderly.

Full description

• Determining the proportion of elderly subjects who, according to the NLA result, would qualify for a personalized program to improve their nutritional and physical status;
• Determining the segmentation (defined by cut-off criteria) of these elderly subjects stratified into 3 NLA subgroups according to strength and endurance performance (33% +/- 10% of target group)

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged between 65 and 90 years,
2. able to walk with or without walking aid,
3. having obtained the subject's written informed consent
4. free of cognitive impairment (3MSE),

Exclusion criteria

1. self reported restriction to exercise(by a physician or other).
2. unable to carry out performance tests and questionnaires correctly,
3. self reported lower or upper extremity surgery or fracture in the last 3 months
4. self-reported symptomatic coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction in last 6 months
5. self reported history of neurological disease (e.g., Parkinson disease, stroke) with residual impairment
6. uncontrolled hypertension (>150/90 mm Hg)
7. self reported congestive heart failure
8. unable to communicate in English. Non-English speaking individuals will be excluded due to safety concerns in being able to understand testing instructions.