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Stair Climbing Exercise Versus Traditional Resistance Exercise

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Catholic University (KU) of Leuven

Status

Completed

Conditions

Exercise Training

Treatments

Other: Resistance Exercise intervention
Other: Functional stair climbing and stepping-based exercise intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Current evidence suggests resistance exercise as the primary therapeutic strategy to prevent age-related functional decline. The National Strength and Conditioning Association recently stated that a properly designed resistance exercise program should include power exercises performed at higher velocities in concentric movements with moderate intensities. We should be aware that not all older adults are easily motivated to train in unfamiliar gym-based settings with high subscription fees. Therefore, implementation of traditional gym-based resistance exercise at a large scale has been found to be difficult. Interestingly, we have previously shown that the use of high external loads, which implies the need for specific facility memberships, is not necessary to induce neuromuscular gains. This provides strong support for home-based training intervention strategies. Stair climbing or stepping-based exercise constitute a promising avenue to ameliorate the cost-effectiveness and implementation potential of resistance exercise in older adults. Such exercises can induce muscular activation levels similar to high-load resistance exercise and result in similar or even better gains in muscle mass, strength and power compared to slow-speed resistance exercise when properly designed. However, the (neuro)-muscular effects of stair climbing exercise have never been compared to the more optimal power-oriented resistance exercise, which is the primary aim of this study. The secondary aim of this study is to examine if stair climbing exercise also has beneficial effects on cognition.

Enrollment

46 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

  • Unstable cardiovascular disease
  • Neurological disorders
  • Cognitive malfunctioning (MoCA < 24)
  • Low level of physical function (SPPB < 7)
  • Acute infections/fever
  • Severe musculoskeletal problems
  • Systematic engagement in (resistance) exercise in the 12 months prior to participation

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

46 participants in 2 patient groups

Resistance exercise
Active Comparator group
Description:
12-week progressive power-oriented resistance exercise program on leg press machine
Treatment:
Other: Resistance Exercise intervention
Functional stair and stepping-based exercise
Experimental group
Description:
12-week progressive functional weight-bearing stair and stepping-based exercise program
Treatment:
Other: Functional stair climbing and stepping-based exercise intervention

Trial contacts and locations

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