One Year of Velocity-based Resistance Training in Older People Living in Nursing Homes

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Aging; Cognitive Function; Frailty Syndrome; Muscle Power; Muscle Mass and Strength

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07027397

710P

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is an exercise intervention assessing the efficacy of a velocity-based resistance training (VBRT) in institutionalized older adults.

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of one year of velocity-based resistance training on skeletal muscle mass, muscle function, and physical and cognitive function in older adults living in nursing homes.

Full description

Evidence supports the fact that resistance exercise training is effective in improving old adult's health and palliate age-related disorders. New approaches in resistance training are emerging to maximize monitoring control, providing more tailored and potentially more effective exercise interventions. Among them, the velocity-based resistance training (VBRT) is being established in healthy populations or populations with pathologies. However, the effects of long-term VBRT in institutionalized older adults are still unknown.

Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the effects of one year of velocity-based resistance training on skeletal muscle mass, muscle function, and physical and cognitive function in older adults living in nursing homes.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Older people living permanently in nursing home.
• Age ≥ 65 years old.
• Are able to walk with/without assistance.
• Have ability to communicate with the research team.

Exclusion criteria

• Terminal illness.
• Any illness not controled (cardiac, pulmonary, etc).
• If there is a risk of bone fracture according to medical staff.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

a 2-day-a-week resistance training (RT) routine using the velocity-based method in the leg press exercise at 60% of the theoretical maximal isometric strength

Treatment:

Other: Exercise