Power During Functional Tasks in Older Adults

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status

Completed

Conditions

Aging

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: Muscle function test

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04019132

S62540

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this study is to optimize the methodology to measure lower limb power in older adults, so that clinicians are able to detect functional problems in this population earlier.

Full description

Aging is associated with slower movement patterns, a higher fall risk and a restriction in functionality. This will lead to an increase in the number of dependent elderly and a high socio-economic burden. From the age of 40, a systematic loss of muscle mass and muscle force, also known as sarcopenia, will occur. In addition, performing daily tasks requires the production of muscle force at a certain speed. The product of force and speed, power, decreases even earlier and faster than muscle force.

This power is typically measured with specialized equipment, which limits the large-scale applicability. With the help of accelerometry there is the possibility to measure power during more functional tasks and movements, which benefits the applicability, but the reliability, reference values and link with other outcome measurements related to sarcopenia has to be investigated.

Enrollment

284 patients

Sex

All

Ages

20+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age >20

Exclusion criteria

Unstable cardiovascular diseases
Fever or acute infection
Cognitive or physical malfunctioning that hinders the understanding or performance of tests and/or instructions