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Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Frailty in Elderly People.Exercise Program Effecsts. EXERNET Elder 3.0 (EXERNETElder)

U

University of Zaragoza

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Activity
Sarcopenia
Frail Elderly Syndrome

Treatments

Behavioral: Multicomponent exercise programe

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03831841
EXERNET Elder 3.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

One of the major changes occurring in developed societies is a significant ageing of the population. Nowadays, because of an enhanced life expectancy, 17% of the Spanish population is composed of people over 65 and the number is expected to rise to 33% in 2050. Aging is characterized by a gradual lifelong accumulation of molecular and cellular damage that results in a progressive and generalized impairment in several bodily functions, an increased vulnerability to environmental challenges and a growing risk of disease and risk of death. These facts led to an increase on the prevalence of diseases such as osteoporosis diabetes, sarcopenia, obesity or frailty. However, lifestyles such as physical activity could attenuated aging process, maintaining the autonomy of elders, and it has been demonstrated that even implying guided exercise programs could reverse this condition of frailty and dependence.

In this way, the main aims of this research project are to analyze the effect of a multicomponent exercise program in frailty and pre-frailty people above 65 years and without cognitive impairment. Thus, it is going to be evaluated at the beginning and the end of the study; body composition, physical fitness, blood parameters including vitamin D and other health related parameters included in a questionnaire. Secondly, to study the perdurability of training-related gains over time.

Full description

The training will consist in a multicomponent exercise program, 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). It will take place during morning in groups of 10-14 and trainers will be qualified. Alll the exercise will be adapted for different levels of frailty and for their functional capacity.

Enrollment

110 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Above 65 years
  • frailty of pre-frailty by SPPB.

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

110 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
Multicomponent exercise programe involving all physical fitness paramenters and consisting on sesions of 1 hour, 3 days a week.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Multicomponent exercise programe
Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Control group with no intervention programe

Trial contacts and locations

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