Multi-modal Exercise Program in Older Adults (MME-CDOA)

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Community-dwelling Older Adults

Treatments: Other: Experimental-Multi-modal exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03951688

UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-21

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in older adults.

Full description

• Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a 16 weeks home-based multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in community-dwelling older adults.
• Design: randomized controlled trial.
• Setting: home-based intervention.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 65 years
• Community-dwelling

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to ambulate independently
• Mini-mental state examination score < 24
• Barthel Index score < 80
• Unstable cardiovascular disease
• Neurological disorder that could compromise exercising
• Upper or lower-extremity fracture in the past year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental-Multi-modal exercise program

Experimental group

Description:

Each home-based session (48) starts with 7 minutes of moderate warm-up exercises focusing on mobility and flexibility. Secondly, the strengthening exercises consist of knee extensions, knee flexions, hip abductions, ankle plantar flexions, and ankle dorsiflexions. Thirdly, a set of balance exercises including knee bends, backwards walking, walking and turning around, sideways walking, tandem stance, tandem walk, one leg stand, heel walking, toe walking, toe to heel walking backwards, sit-to-stand, and stair walking. Finally, participants are instructed to walk at their usual pace for at least 10 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental-Multi-modal exercise program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention